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From: Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Why is it Called a Package?
Date: 2000/03/28
Date: 2000-03-28T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <38E11F3B.AB454E54@lmtas.lmco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wcczorkfemx.fsf@world.std.com



Robert A Duff wrote:
> 
> Ada's procedures don't work exactly like Pascal's procedures, either.
> For example parameter passing is completely different.  But the two
> things serve the same basic purpose, so it makes sense to call them by
> the same name.  Too bad other languages call them "functions" or "void
> functions" or "methods" or "subroutines".

And some languages have "functions", "subroutines", AND "procedures"
with "procedure" being the method used to expose or hide global/local
variables and other environment stuff (i.e. procedure is a
sub-subroutine (void function) or a sub-function).


> 
> 
> - Bob




  reply	other threads:[~2000-03-28  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-03-27  0:00 Why is it Called a Package? Gary Scott
2000-03-27  0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-03-27  0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-27  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-28  0:00     ` Gary Scott [this message]
2000-03-27  0:00 ` Nick Roberts
2000-03-27  0:00   ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-29  0:00     ` Florian Weimer
2000-03-29  0:00       ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30  0:00         ` Geoff Bull
2000-03-30  0:00           ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30  0:00             ` Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-03-30  0:00               ` David Starner
2000-04-03  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-06  0:00             ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07  0:00               ` Pascal Obry
2000-04-07  0:00                 ` Paul Graham
2000-04-07  0:00                 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-07  0:00                   ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-07  0:00                   ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-08  0:00                     ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-09  0:00                       ` Stefan Skoglund
2000-04-07  0:00                   ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-08  0:00                     ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-07  0:00               ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-07  0:00                 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07  0:00                   ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-08  0:00                     ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07  0:00                 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-07  0:00                   ` Hyman Rosen
2000-04-07  0:00                     ` Brian Rogoff
2000-04-12  0:00                 ` Comment from the trenchs Robert Brantley
2000-04-13  0:00                   ` Jeff Carter
2000-04-17  0:00                     ` Robert Brantley
2000-03-28  0:00   ` Why is it Called a Package? Jean-Marc Bourguet
2000-03-28  0:00     ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-30  0:00     ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-03-31  0:00       ` Anders Wirzenius
2000-03-28  0:00   ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-29  0:00   ` Florian Weimer
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