Re: "procedure" vs. "function"

[Michael Hendry]

> On 18 Apr 2015, at 13:06, Brian Barker <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> At 12:55 18/04/2015 +0100, Michael Hendry wrote:
>> I think it was Pascal that introduced a distinction between a Procedure 
>> (which does something without returning a value) and a Function (which does 
>> something AND returns a value).
> 
> Really?!
> 
> Pascal: published 1970
> Fortran II (included SUBROUTINE and FUNCTION): published 1958.

I’m obviously not old enough!

(Actually I’m so old I forgot to engage my brain before speaking!).

M

> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_%28programming_language%29
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran#FORTRAN_II
> 
> Brian Barker