On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 3/24/2014 8:28 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Pure functional programming, from what I understand, doesn't *have* >> variables other than function arguments. > > > function *parameters*, if in the 'variable = name' camp > > >> So the way to implement "x = 1" is to call a subfunction > > > with a parameter named 'x' > >> with an argument of 1
Ah, yes, parameter. I tend to use the terms interchangeably, but they do have formal definitions and distinctions. But otherwise, yes; that's how I was seeing that. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
