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  2. Value type and reference type - Wikipedia

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    Even when function arguments are passed using "call by value" semantics (which is always the case in Java, and is the case by default in C#), a value of a reference type is intrinsically a reference; so if a parameter belongs to a reference type, the resulting behavior bears some resemblance to "call by reference" semantics.

  3. Evaluation strategy - Wikipedia

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    In a programming language, an evaluation strategy is a set of rules for evaluating expressions. [1] The term is often used to refer to the more specific notion of a parameter-passing strategy [2] that defines the kind of value that is passed to the function for each parameter (the binding strategy) [3] and whether to evaluate the parameters of a function call, and if so in what order (the ...

  4. Parameter (computer programming) - Wikipedia

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    In case of call by value, what is passed to the function is the value of the argument – for example, f(2) and a = 2; f(a) are equivalent calls – while in call by reference, with a variable as argument, what is passed is a reference to that variable - even though the syntax for the function call could stay the same. [5]

  5. Lazy evaluation - Wikipedia

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    In programming language theory, lazy evaluation, or call-by-need, [1] is an evaluation strategy which delays the evaluation of an expression until its value is needed (non-strict evaluation) and which also avoids repeated evaluations (by the use of sharing).

  6. Function (computer programming) - Wikipedia

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    A reference to the argument is passed; typically its address: Selectable in most Algol-like languages after Algol 60, such as Algol 68, Pascal, Delphi, Simula, CPL, PL/M, Modula, Oberon, Ada, and many others including C++, Fortran, PL/I by result: The value computed during the call is copied to the argument on return: Ada OUT parameters by ...

  7. Closure (computer programming) - Wikipedia

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    The term closure is often used as a synonym for anonymous function, though strictly, an anonymous function is a function literal without a name, while a closure is an instance of a function, a value, whose non-local variables have been bound either to values or to storage locations (depending on the language; see the lexical environment section below).

  8. Reference (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    In computer programming, a reference is a value that enables a program to indirectly access a particular datum, such as a variable's value or a record, in the computer's memory or in some other storage device. The reference is said to refer to the datum, and accessing the datum is called dereferencing the reference. A reference is distinct from ...

  9. Comparison of C Sharp and Java - Wikipedia

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    This is because the latter one is an instance call on the primitive value 42, while the former one is an instance call on an object of type java.lang.Integer. Finally, another difference is that Java makes heavy use of boxed types in generics (see below).