On Nov 12, 2:52 am, david.willi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(David Williams) wrote:
> I have many times written code in which this feature of
> BASIC is put to good use. So its advantages (many) outweigh its
> disadvantages (none).
As I said to Tom, it seems to me that this is an argument for it being
*available*, not for it being the *default*. Indeed, I cannot think
of any argument whatever for it being the default. The fact that you
have 'got used to' it being the default is quite immaterial to a
discussion about its merits, and I'm willing to bet even you make many
more subroutine calls in which you *don't* need the parameters to be
passed by reference than those in which you *do*. We can surely all
agree that when you don't need to pass parameters by reference, it's
better not to. This should not be a controversial subject!
Richard.
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