14 Dec
2006
14 Dec
'06
2:42 p.m.
Brian Hulley wrote:
Yet I'm sure most people who did a computer science degree some decades ago remember the old joke about passing things by name or value for what it's Wirth... :-)
Wikipedia says: “Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Ni-klows Wirt'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nick-les Worth'. This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.” :)