Andre Pang wrote: > Sure, that's the mathematical definition of a function, but it's > certainly not the typical definition of a function in programming > circles.
Well I did go on to sepcify the difference between pure and impure functions :-). > (I'm not arguing that functions with side-effects are a good thing, > by the way... quite the contrary.) So who's the dogmatist? :-) Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "Python addresses true pseudocode's two major failings: that it isn't standardized, and it isn't executable." - Grant R. Griffin in comp.dsp _______________________________________________ coders mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
