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From: Henri Altarac <haltarac@rain.org>
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Subject: Re: ADA FUNCTIONS TO PROCEDURES
Date: 10 Mar 1995 22:20:41 GMT
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Date: 1995-03-10T22:20:41+00:00
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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