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Re: call by reference

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In comp.lang.javascript message <87aa33cems.fsf@uta.fi>, Mon, 26 Mar
2012 23:04:59, Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensilta@uta.fi> posted:

>  You're imagining things. It's of course a good idea to avoid obscure
>local idioms, but "nope" is not in the least problematic in this
>respect, and certainly does not imply any native speaker superiority in
>ordinary usage. Your harping on this issue is merely bizarre, and if
>you're genuinly worried about poor hapless non-natives with their
>tenuous grasp on the intricacies of English, I suggest instead of these
>peculiar tirades you work on your sentence construction.

You need to believe that Evertjan has learned, rather well, proper
English; on the other hand, less experienced programmers are likely to
have acquired what the Americans think of as English. "Nope" might be
spoken, but is not commonly written, by grown-up Britons (and Dutch?)

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Re: call by reference Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-24 18:13 -0700
  Re: call by reference "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-03-25 08:12 +0000
    Re: call by reference Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-03-25 07:00 -0700
      Re: call by reference John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-26 10:56 +0100
    Re: call by reference Aatu Koskensilta <aatu.koskensilta@uta.fi> - 2012-03-26 23:04 +0300
      Re: call by reference Dr J R Stockton <reply1213@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-03-27 18:20 +0100
        Re: call by reference Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-27 16:28 -0700
          Re: call by reference "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-03-28 08:20 +0000
    Re: call by reference Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2012-03-26 21:31 -0800
      Re: call by reference "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-03-27 07:25 +0000

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