Yes, you're right, but the argument is still about semantics. Java programmers don't think in terms of passing a reference, they think in terms of passing an ob

Yes, you're right, but the argument is still about semantics. Java programmers don't think in terms of passing a reference, they think in terms of passing an object (which happens to be done by passing a reference to it). There's a correct answer to airplane-on-a-treadmill too, but that doesn't mean it's not an argument about semantics. Please let's just stop this here before this thread becomes like that other thread.