If you say so. I seem to recall that FORTRAN was call by name, but I'm remembering compiler theory from the early 1970's. So I could be wrong.
- -teD - Original Message From: Bernd Oppolzer Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 23:45 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: Enterprise COBOL v5.1 and RDz v9.x You're right about the term "thunk", and that it was first used in the call-by-name context, but FORTRAN was always call-by-reference, call-by-name was one of the ALGOL call mechanisms (the other one was call-by-value) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunk_%28compatibility_mapping%29 Kind regards Bernd Am 24.04.2014 23:36, schrieb Ted MacNEIL: > Early compiler writers used the term for languages that used 'call by name' > sub-routines (such as FORTRAN) when something like an expression was passed. > A 'thunking' routine was built by the compiler to evaluate the expression and > pass a variable to the actual called sub-routine. > I don't know why it's called 'thunking', but it's not a derogatory term. > > - > -teD > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
