Re: technology discussion → does the world need a "new" C ?

On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:18:15 -0700
Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:

Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
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IMHO, C++ is a particularly bad example.
Yes, C++ has call-by-reference misfeature. But arrays in C++ are
2nd class citizen, same as in C. They can't be assigned and can't be
passed to callee, neither by value nor by reference.
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Also, I suspect that if you ask Ken Thompson, he will tell you that
C++ does not really have 'call by reference'. Instead, it has
references as 1st class object, so, naturally, values of references
can be used during 'call by value'.
I have enough of respect to KT to consider that his POV is not a
nonsense. 

 
Is that an attempt at proof by authority? 

Yes!

Not only does Ken Thompson
have very little to do with C++, but you're basing your conclusion on
what you *suspect* he would say.
 

Yes, but it's not baseless.
It is based on following section Go language FAQs that I assumed to be
either authored or approved by KT.
https://go.dev/doc/faq#pass_by_value