Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wdl1.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaero!pesnta!amdcad!fortune!wdl1!jbn From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: passing a const by reference Message-ID: <248@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 01:22:44 EST Article-I.D.: wdl1.248 Posted: Thu Jan 31 01:22:44 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Feb-85 21:17:36 EST Sender: notes@wdl1.UUCP Organization: Ford Aerospace, Western Development Laboratories Lines: 5 Nf-ID: #R:ucla-cs:-347600:wdl1:8600003:000:148 Nf-From: wdl1!jbn Jan 30 21:10:00 1985 Ada has IN, OUT, and IN-OUT arguments. This is clearly the right way to go. By-reference or by-value then becomes an implementation detail.