Re: on call by reference

Dmitri Volkov:> Also first time posting on usenet, so if I broke any conventions please

let me know so that I get them right next time. Thanks!

Only in that top posting - that is, putting your reply before the quoted text - is generally frowned upon. You usually want to reply below the relevant text, such that the answer flows from the question, even if it means interleaving multiple answers with different quoted sections.
All in all, though, not bad for a first post.