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From: paulb@ttidca.TTI.COM (Paul Blumstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Argument passing?
Message-ID: <2041@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 3 Mar 88 20:03:02 GMT
References: <8802290741.aa28371@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Reply-To: paulb@ttidcb.tti.com (Paul Blumstein)
Organization: Importers of Inquisitions from Spain
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In article <8802290741.aa28371@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET writes:
>I've just started using a C shell (MANX C656-c) and was amazed at the ability
>to not only run a command or program by typing its name but if I were to includ
>e some parameters on the same line they were used. For instance
>ln /ram/write.o /ram/ln/c.lib
>To link the file write.o but tell the linker to use the c.lib library in
>/RAM/LN.
>Here's my stupid question of the week.  Is this what is referred to as
>"argument passing"?

Yes & no.  No because it is really parameter passing.  Yes because
C-shell "calls" a main program and passes the program's parameters
as arguments.  Just like UNIX!
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