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Re: "procedure" vs. "function"
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On 18/04/15 22:11, PMA wrote:
> Aha. So the improper-er their code got, the tougher time
> compilers had trying to -- as Martin says -- "throw it out".
>
> All told, is there now any real need _not_ to use the terms
> "function" and "procedure" interchangeably? That is, any
> real need to try to enforce such a distinction? The terms
> are conflated, everybody knows, and there's no problem.
>
> (No response expected -- at this point I'm just ranting.)
Except to me, the terms "function" and "procedure" are NOT the same
thing :-)
A function has a return value, a subroutine does not. A procedure can be
either.
Cheers,
Wol
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", (continued)
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", David Nalesnik, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", Jacques Menu, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", David Nalesnik, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", PMA, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", PMA, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", J Martin Rushton, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", PMA, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", J Martin Rushton, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", Wols Lists, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", PMA, 2015/04/18
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function",
Wols Lists <=
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", Jacques Menu, 2015/04/19
- Re: "procedure" vs. "function", PMA, 2015/04/19
Re: "procedure" vs. "function", Andrew Bernard, 2015/04/19