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On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 1:45:45 AM UTC-5, Niklas Holsti wrote:
> I have long wished for an easier way to return multiple results from a 
> call, especially when the set of results that is really available 
> depends on the run-time outcome of the call, for example on whether the 
> called operation succeeded or failed in some way.

Sounds just like the Icon programming language, a derivative and elaboration of SNOBOL/SPITBOL.