> I do not see how there can be alternative views about which is right and which is wrong, except when they are based on lack of familiarity with the right solu

> I do not see how there can be alternative views about which is right and which is wrong, except when they are based on lack of familiarity with the right solution. Well, I understand that you struggle to see how it's possible, but it just is the case that people disagree with you about this stuff, not out of ignorance, but simply by coming to different conclusions than you. I certainly understand that it's frustrating; I have tons of views of all kinds that I think people should see are objective truths, but maddeningly they do not. But that's just how it is! For what it's worth, if I designed a programming language, you would be a bigger fan of its parameter passing solution. But there would probably be ten other things you wouldn't like! There just isn't a universal truth about this stuff, people have all sorts of different preferences along every axis of language design.