>>>>> "Shriram" == Shriram Krishnamurthi <xxxxxx@cs.rice.edu> writes:

Shriram> Per Bothner wrote:

>> An equally plausible explanation is that they were not taught
>> (properly) the concepts of references (lvalues)

Shriram> ... which would be perfectly legitimate, because they were being
Shriram> taught Scheme, not C ...

You're quoting out of context here: Per was talking about the
prior-to-class experiences of students who had learned programming
previously.

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