BB>     Having already said that C passes everything by 
 BB> value and nothing by reference, I thought I had done my 
 BB> duty to the newbies. After all, only newcomers have 
 BB> difficulty with this. :-)

 Not so, Bill ;-)  This newcomer bears in mind that
 'In C, all function arguments are passed "by value."'
 [K&R2, p. 27]

 Greetings,
 Frederic


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