Timeline for Understanding the concept of "arguments" and "parameters"
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| Jan 22, 2015 at 13:19 | comment | added | Bart van Ingen Schenau | @user31782: Because people got tired of mixing up actual arguments with formal arguments and they needed a different term for one of them perhaps? | |
| Jan 22, 2015 at 13:14 | comment | added | user106313 | If we can use argument for parameter whenever we want, then why was the concept of parameter vs. argument developed? | |
| Jan 22, 2015 at 12:55 | comment | added | gnat | "Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' - they have 'arguments' - and they ALWAYS WIN THEM." (#7 of Top 12 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon Programmer:) | |
| Jan 22, 2015 at 12:51 | comment | added | Bart van Ingen Schenau | @user31782: I mean that the word 'argument' just sounded better to them when writing this part than the word 'parameter'. | |
| Jan 22, 2015 at 12:48 | comment | added | user106313 | Could you explain, what do you mean by it made the text flow better. | |
| Jan 22, 2015 at 12:46 | history | answered | Bart van Ingen Schenau | CC BY-SA 3.0 |