Yes. There are esoteric ways in Java to pass by copy as well, however, so knowledge of pointers is still an issue (but far less an issue than in some other languages).
----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:51 pm Subject: RE: UDF question - locking...the future...maybe... > Err, doesn't pointer and by ref mean the same thing? Doesn't Java pass > objects and arrays as pointers? > > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:47 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: UDF question - locking...the future...maybe... > > > > > > The link was in response to the question of how future > > versions of CF would > > handle locking, and not part of a discussion on whether to > > cflock, I'll be > > sure to change my subject lines properly so that people don't > > get confused > > from now on. Since Java has no pointers, and everything (I > > could be wrong > > about that everything) is passed by reference, then it > > follows that the > > necessity of single threading code so that pointers do not > > get corrupted, or > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
