On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:23:24AM +0000, KatolaZ wrote:
>
> C is one of the few remaining languages which is consistent about
> allowing only one of the many possible argument passing
> mechanisms. And the mechanism chosen by C is pass-by-value. Fullstop.

Historical note: it may have picked up this idea from Algol 68.

-- hendrik