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Russ wrote:
> In C and C++, the data returned by a function is referred to as its
> "effect", and the modification of any arguments is referred to as its
> "side effect." In Ada, however, this jargon is unnecessary and
> misleading, unless you want to claim that a procedure has "no effect."

In Ada, the modifying of anything other than the obvious
is called a side-effect.

-- 
Wes Groleau

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  1. Don't attribute to malice that which
     can be adequately explained by stupidity.

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  3. Don't attribute to ignorance that which
     can be adequately explained by misunderstanding.