[Numpy-discussion] matlab vs. python question

[Sturla Molden]

On 4/26/2007 2:47 PM, Neal Becker wrote:

> That's interesting.  How did you find this information?

What information?

Matlab's pass-by-value semantics is well known to anyone who has ever 
used Matlab.

The Mathwork's employees have numerous times stated that Matlab uses 
copy-on-write to optimize function calls. I first learned of it in the 
usenet group comp.soft-sys.matlab.


Sturla Molden