in 770220 20170124 070853 Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 6:00 PM, Bob Martin <bob.mar...@excite.com> wrote: >> in 770207 20170124 005601 Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>REXX has even less structure than Python - it doesn't even have >>>functions, just labels, so you can actually have two functions that >>>share a common tail. And yes, you can abuse that horrendously to >>>create unreadable code. Is REXX a bad language because of that? No. >>>You can use structure badly, and you can use freedom badly. >> >> Of course Rexx has functions! > >Built-ins, yes, but when you define your own, it's by giving a label. >It isn't a function until it's called as a function.
Just because the word "function" isn't in the header doesn't change matters. The word "procedure" can appear in the header, but it can be called as a procedure or a function. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
