FIT 100
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Surgeon General’s Warning!
vThe “Fluency” book uses a different way of explaining parameter
passing (as assignment statements into the formal parameters).
vFor straightforward programs, this always gives the same results as
pass by reference.
vHowever, for some messy cases it gives different results.
oUgh! We’re
never going to give you such programs in CSE/IMT 100 (in homework or quizzes).
oIf you go on to further study of programming, however,
you will
probably run into this.
oThe way described in the lecture is how it’s actually
done.