Timeline for Why are actual parameters called "arguments"?
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| May 3, 2016 at 21:41 | history | protected | gnat | ||
| Feb 14, 2013 at 18:27 | vote | accept | user541686 | ||
| Feb 8, 2013 at 6:27 | answer | added | DarenW | timeline score: 16 | |
| Feb 8, 2013 at 5:51 | history | edited | yannis |
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| Feb 8, 2013 at 4:09 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/299731564361834496 | ||
| Feb 8, 2013 at 0:11 | answer | added | MetaEd | timeline score: 46 | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 22:29 | comment | added | Caleb | I think a better question would be: Why are arguments called "actual parameters"? This formal/actual parameter business seems to have been made up by someone who didn't know that the name for "actual parameter" is argument. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:42 | history | reopened |
Rachel Karl Bielefeldt Steven Jeuris ChrisF |
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:41 | history | edited | user541686 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:37 | history | rollback | user541686 |
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:37 | comment | added | user541686 | @Rachel: Yeah sure, no worries, I'll add it. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:34 | comment | added | Rachel | @Mehrdad Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize that. Can you edit your question to re-add that, and perhaps even include a short code sample illustrating which you are referring to? The two are often confused, and honestly I've never thought twice about the fact parameters are different than arguments until I read this question today. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:28 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:18 | comment | added | user541686 | Just a note regarding the edit, I put the word "actual" in there to distinguish them from "formal" parameters. Otherwise there are going to be a million people thinking I didn't understand the difference, who will try to answer the wrong question. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:12 | history | edited | Rachel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Wanted to re-tag as history, and fixed up grammar a bit. Am voting to reopen.
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 21:02 | history | closed |
Robert Harvey Blrfl CommunityBot pdr |
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 20:03 | comment | added | Robert Harvey | This question is being discussed here. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 19:58 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 19:43 | answer | added | pdr | timeline score: 42 | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 19:38 | comment | added | Anthony Pegram | It comes from math. Obviously, the next question is "so where did the term originate in math?" | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 19:36 | comment | added | bummi | parameters means the declaration, arguments then values used. | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 19:31 | history | asked | user541686 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |