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Pointer values
- Pass-by-reference is simulated in C by explicitly passing pointer values.
'Pointer values' is specifically ambiguous. Suggest 'addresses' instead. Also: 'pass-by-reference' seems new. The accepted terms are 'call by reference' and 'call by value' (with a third method unused but for Algol - 'call by name'). Also: it's not really 'simulated' either, is it? It's done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brett Alexander Hunter (talk • contribs)
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arrays
I started to revise the text about arrays because it was outdated, slightly incorrect, and partially misleading. (As background info: I am a member of the ISO working group for C and contributor to GCC.) Martin.uecker (talk) 08:25, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Italics
@Chumpih: I don't think MOS:TERM applies to this edit. It says A technical or other jargon term being introduced is often being mentioned as a word rather than (or in addition to) playing its normal grammatical role
, but in this case it is neither a technical term (rather, it is a proper name) nor is it being mentioned as a word. If the name of the language were 'Python' rather than 'B' I doubt anyone would write "A successor to the programming language Python". Ruбlov (talk • contribs) 15:25, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Rublov, Given these are the introductions of the terms, as opposed to references to the terms, perhaps the italicisation is warranted. Chumpih t 15:41, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
- Actually, on further consideration, you're probably right. Apologies. Chumpih t 16:00, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Order of sentences in the opening paragraph
Is there a good reason why the opening paragraph starts with “commonly in …” then one “decreasingly in …” then more “commonly in …”? I found this order slightly confusing. Osalbahr (talk) 01:39, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
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