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Is that true? I thought most functional programming languages did call-by-reference. I mean, if you have immutable data you can't tell the difference (outside
by thedufer 9y ago
Is that true? I thought most functional programming languages did call-by-reference. I mean, if you have immutable data you can't tell the difference (outside of performance).
- macintux 9y agoUnder the hood it's probably by reference, but the semantics are by value. By reference indicates that the original value can be changed in the called function. I think. Not a language lawyer.