Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: Assignment in Conditionals Message-ID: <418@baylor.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 13:47:23 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.418 Posted: Fri Aug 16 13:47:23 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:30:08 EDT References: <594@brl-tgr.ARPA> <444@othervax.UUCP> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 15 > > 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. I thought you just mailed this to me. OK. 'C' isn't a purely functional language, so there is relatively little you can learn from this comparison. Maybe if it supported "call by name", but that's another story. -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian werewolf) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076