Re: pass by reference

On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:01:49 GMT, "Arved Sandstrom"
<asandstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

I may get flunked on a certification exam, but I call that
passing the object by reference.

Language is for communication. If you use a word to mean something
different from everyone else does, you just create chaos when you
speak.
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