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@ccc.com> wrote:


On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave@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].​