Re: "procedure" vs. "function"

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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