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by Ericson2314 227 days ago
You are thinking "call by value". The author probably used "pass" not "call" specifically to avoid this.
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kazinator 226 days ago
There is no difference. Call-by-alue is the older term, and I believe still preferred in CS acdemia.
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gpderetta 226 days ago
I think that call-by-value/call-by-name/call-by-need[1] are more about strict vs lazy evaluation, as opposed to by-value/by-reference semantics.

[1] there is also call-by-push-value, but i was never able to wrap my mind around it.

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