Good grief, I had no idea it was going to generate this level of response.My
apologies to any and all for the off-topic discussion; this was far better
suited to a different list than this one.
Any further responses on my part will be off-line. Again, sorry for the
disruption.
Ted Neward
Patterns/C++/Java/CORBA/EJB/COM-DCOM spoken here
http://www.javageeks.com/~tneward
"I don't even speak for myself; my wife won't let me." --Me
-----Original Message-----
From: Milt Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Way Off-Topic] Re: will this code work?
>On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Steve Odendahl wrote:
>
>[ ... ]
>> No theory is necessary. You can look it up.
>>
>> "All parameters to methods in Java are "call by value". That is,
>> values of parameter variables in a method are copies of the values
>> the invoker specified. ... When the parameter is an object
>> reference, however, the object reference is what is passed "by
>> value", not the object itself."
>>
>> - Section 2.6.1, The Java Programming Language, Arnold & Gosling, 1996
>[ ... ]
>
>Well, to my mind, if you have to add that big a qualifier about what
>happens with object parameters, then a statement like "All parameters
>... are 'call by value'" is pretty meaningless.
>
>Milt Epstein
>Research Programmer
>Software/Systems Development Group
>Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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