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Call-by-Value

Call-by-value is the most common evaluation strategy in computer programming, used in languages as far-ranging as C and Scheme. When invoking functions in programming languages, if calling function pass the argument to called function by the copy of the argument's value, it's called Call-By-Value. Changes to the copy will never affect the original variable's value in the calling function.



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Call-by-Value