Parameter (computer science) — In computer programming, a parameter is a variable which takes on the meaning of a corresponding argument passed in a call to a subroutine. In the most common case, call by value, a parameter acts within the subroutine as a local (isolated) copy… … Wikipedia
Procedural parameter — In computing, a procedural parameter is a parameter of a procedure that is itself a procedure.This concept is an extremely powerful and versatile programming tool, because it allows programmers to modify certain steps of a library procedure in… … Wikipedia
Continuation-passing style — In functional programming, continuation passing style (CPS) is a style of programming in which control is passed explicitly in the form of a continuation. Gerald Jay Sussman and Guy L. Steele, Jr. coined the phrase in AI Memo 349 (1975), which… … Wikipedia
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Message passing — This article is about the computer science concept. For other uses, see Message passing (disambiguation). Message passing in computer science is a form of communication used in parallel computing, object oriented programming, and interprocess… … Wikipedia
Named parameter — In computer programming, named parameters or keyword arguments refer to a computer language s support for function calls that clearly state the name of each parameter within the function call itself. Contents 1 Overview 2 Use in programming… … Wikipedia
Variational message passing — (VMP) is an approximate inference technique for continuous valued Bayesian networks, with conjugate exponential parents, developed by John Winn in his PhD thesis. John Winn is now at Microsoft Research. VMP was developed as a means of… … Wikipedia
Perl 6 — Infobox programming language name = Perl paradigm = Multi paradigm year = 2000 designer = Larry Wall latest release version = pre release latest release date = typing = dynamic, static influenced by = Perl 5, Haskell, Smalltalk influenced =… … Wikipedia
Reference (C++) — In the C++ programming language, a reference is a simple reference datatype that is less powerful but safer than the pointer type inherited from C. The name C++ reference may cause confusion, as in computer science a reference is a general… … Wikipedia
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