On Feb 18, 2007, at 14:50 UTC, Andy Dent wrote: > A C programmer understands pointers being copied as values.
Well, OK, but clearly that confuses RB programmers. :) They're not passed by reference; they're references passed by value, and this is a very important distinction. > RB Objects, strings and arrays are "reference data types" as opposed > to "scalar values". Right. I see that you understand -- hopefully everyone else does now too! Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
