the joke was extended on my Uni course to include "call by reference" but I
forget what it was. probably "hey! YOU"
-G
On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 7:12 AM, Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
His name is pronounced "vurt" but he would accept "worth", and he
joked
that you could call him by name or by value (you need to know ALGOL to
understand).
The actual joke was Europeans called him by name(ni-klaus vurt) and
Americans by value [nickel-less worth].
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