From: sjs@essex.ac.uk (Steve Sangwine)
Subject: Re: exit from a procedure
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:14:26 +0100
Date: 2002-07-15T13:14:26+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3d32bb2d.14256746@news.essex.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: pan.2002.07.14.14.08.16.530459.1481@gmx.net
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 22:16:28 +0100, Jan Prazak <janp9@gmx.net> wrote:
>1st answer:
>
>return; ?? In a procedure? I will try it.
The return (or RETURN) statement has been the absolutely standard way
of returning from a procedure in many languages (e.g. FORTRAN 66,
BASIC) for decades. So why the ???? marks? Many assembler languages
also use return for exit from a subroutine (sometimes the mnemonic is
RTS - return from subroutine, sometimes it is RETURN or RET), but the
terminology is the same nevertheless. Maybe it would be a good idea to
learn a bit about programming history .....
(Note also that it is possible to exit from an Ada main program using
return, since an Ada main program is a procedure.)
Steve Sangwine
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-14 0:14 exit from a procedure Jan Prazak
2002-07-13 21:45 ` chris.danx
2002-07-13 22:27 ` tmoran
2002-07-14 21:16 ` Jan Prazak
2002-07-15 12:14 ` Steve Sangwine [this message]
2002-07-15 19:10 ` Jan Prazak
2002-07-16 8:30 ` Gautier
2002-07-16 14:08 ` Jan Prazak
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