On 18/04/15 22:11, PMA wrote: > Aha. So the improper-er their code got, the tougher time > compilers had trying to -- as Martin says -- "throw it out". > > All told, is there now any real need _not_ to use the terms > "function" and "procedure" interchangeably? That is, any > real need to try to enforce such a distinction? The terms > are conflated, everybody knows, and there's no problem. > > (No response expected -- at this point I'm just ranting.)
Except to me, the terms "function" and "procedure" are NOT the same thing :-) A function has a return value, a subroutine does not. A procedure can be either. Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
