Darren New wrote:
> Kevin Wampler wrote:
>> Darren New wrote:
>>> Why does order matter in argument lists, if the arguments all need 
>>> distinct names anyway? :-)
>>
>> So you can call the function without explicitly naming the parameters, 
>> thus reducing the amount of typing required.
> 
> It was a rhetorical question to show that the argument "dictionaries are 
> sets and hence have no order" is an invalid comparison.

I should have guessed that.  It certainly seemed like an odd question 
for you to be asking in earnest.

>> Thinking back, didn't objective-C use named parameters only for 
>> calling object methods?  Did the order matter there?  I can't really 
>> remember.
> 
> Yes. Because they took it from Smalltalk.

That makes sense.  One of these days I'd like to get around to learning 
smalltalk.

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