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On 11/01/2017 07:44 PM, tclwarrior@gmail.com wrote:
> Why in ada, there is a separation between functions and procedures?
> Is there any real value in this?

There are 2 kinds of languages: those in which all subprograms are called the 
same thing, even though some return a value and some don't

and

Those in which subprograms that return a value have a different name from those 
that don't.

Ada is in the 2nd group.

The 1st group seems to be further divided into 2 groups: those in which all 
subprograms are called functions, and those in which they're all called procedures.

> Also why does is Use imply With?

Use does not imply With.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Monsieur Arthur King, who has the brain of a duck, you know."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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