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From: ray@othervax.UUCP (Raymond D. Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re:  Assignment in Conditionals
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 14:16:01 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 14:16:01 1985
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Summary: 

>	Having built a compiler for a purely functional language,
>	I can attest that the idea is not as good as it may appear
>	to those who haven't designed such a language.  I used to
>	think it would be nice if every statement returned a value,
>	but as a result of the experience I have changed my mind.


Why? How? When? What?
..or do we just all take your word for it and never do it (what?)

Ray Dunn.   ..philabs!micomvax!othervax!ray