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Robert Baer wrote on 27 mrt 2012 in comp.lang.javascript:

> * being picky.."lingua franca" as in "language (of) France" or as in 
> "common language consisting of Italian mixed with French, Spanish, 
> Greek, and Arabic" or "language of/for confirmation"?

Your being picky [why?] leads you astray.

"Franca" here does not mean "of France" but means "free".
[France being called after the free germanic tribegroup the Franks]

Examples of linguae francae are: Koine Greek, Malay, Latin, Swahili, etc

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks>

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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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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