Date: | Mon Jan 26 14:59:23 1998 | |
Subject: | Re: Complexity | |
From: | Sean Case | |
Volume-ID: | 980126.01 |
In article <dennisEn9oC8.vE@netcom.com>, dennis@netcom.com (Dennis Yelle) wrote: >My understanding is that Algol 60 got call-by-name by accident. >The attempt to specify call-by-value was done so badly that it >actually specified call-by-name. They were attempting to define call-by-reference, I believe, and were feeling quite pleased with themselves until Jensen's device turned up. Sean Case |