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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: In-Out Parameters for functions
Date: 26 Jan 2004 18:37:31 -0500
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> writes:

> Robert A Duff wrote:
> > But this allows:
> >     A(I) := F(I);
> > where A is an array, and F modifies its parameter I.
> 
> You know, Java hasn't lost any business by specifying
> order of evaluation. There's a lot to be said for strict
> left-to-rightness, operands before operation.

True.  At least that way, you don't get different answers on different
implementations.

But it's still hard to understand statements/expressions that have
mutually-depndent side-effecting operations in the middle.
It does seem of some value to attempt to make sure "order doesn't
matter".

- Bob