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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
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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