Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!gwyn@BRL.ARPA From: gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Assignment in Conditionals Message-ID: <594@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 05:01:56 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.594 Posted: Sat Aug 10 05:01:56 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 07:40:05 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 5 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.