note 65977 added to language.references

Responding to Xor's review about previous two notes: I have run your script 6 times and following are the results. None of the following is in support of your answer. The function using a reference took 10.923892974854 The function using a value took: 10.423591852188 The function using a reference took 11.34225487709 The function using a value took: 10.502650022507 The function using a reference took 10.939571142197 The function using a value took: 10.531265974045 The function using a reference took 10.953053951263 The function using a value took: 10.54216504097 The function using a reference took 11.025475025177 The function using a value took: 10.580570936203 The function using a reference took 11.328371047974 The function using a value took: 10.628169059753 Reference is always taking more time. I could not find the reason. Can anyone find out the reason? There is a link http://php-mag.net/itr/online_artikel/psecom,id,546,nodeid,114.html Please visit and see if we can reach out to the reason behind it. ---- Server IP: 66.163.161.117 Probable Submitter: 61.247.235.49 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/65977 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65977/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65977/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65977/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65977/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65977/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65977/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/65977 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/65977 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php