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On 11/06/2017 11:37 PM, Robert A Duff wrote:
> 
> Not really.  I'd prefer that both things be called "procedure".
> Then we wouldn't need the terms "function" and "subprogram".
> But we'd still need a distinction between procedures that
> return a value and those that don't.

Yes, but then we'd have something like "procedure" for both, "value-returning 
procedure" for those that return a value, and "non-value-returning procedure" 
for those that don't return a value. "Subprogram", "function", and "procedure" 
seems preferable.

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Jeff Carter
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