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From: Henri Altarac <haltarac@rain.org>
Subject: Re: ADA FUNCTIONS TO PROCEDURES
Date: 10 Mar 1995 22:20:41 GMT
Date: 1995-03-10T22:20:41+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3jqjbp$im7@news.rain.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: INFO-ADA%95031010004644@VM1.NODAK.EDU

CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM wrote:
>
> 
> Robert Dewar <dewar@CS.NYU.EDU> writes:
> >
> >Can you tell us, just for curiosity, why anyone would want such a tool?
> >I would be surprised if one exists, because I can't see any legitimate use
> >for it!
> >
> I'd be inclined to agree, except for one possible issue.

I have another possible reason.

In some (strange) coding standard I saw, they required that
function should not have any side effects. Procedure could.

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Henri Altarac 



  reply	other threads:[~1995-03-10 22:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1995-03-10 15:56 ADA FUNCTIONS TO PROCEDURES CONDIC
1995-03-10 22:20 ` Henri Altarac [this message]
1995-03-11 16:26   ` Pug 156
1995-03-11 21:27   ` James A. Krzyzanowski
1995-03-11 22:24     ` David Weller
1995-03-12  3:21       ` Henri Altarac
1995-03-13 19:34         ` Bob Kitzberger
1995-03-13 17:39       ` James A. Krzyzanowski
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1995-03-08  3:24 Tuan Anh Nguyen
1995-03-09 12:05 ` Robert Dewar
1995-03-09 12:06 ` Robert Dewar
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