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From: genly@bubble.multiflow.COM (Chris Hind Genly)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.icon
Subject: var params
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Date: 13 Sep 89 17:23:35 GMT
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I've done a little bit of icon programming, and I enjoy the language.
I use it under Unix, and I've started to use Icon instead of shell
scripts.  It's nice to switch over to a real language for quick jobs.

I was wondering if anyone besides myself misses var parameters.  A var
parameter being a way to return a value through a parameter.  Without
them one is limited to returning one value.  Or alternatively, multiple
values would have to be packaged into a list, or some other aggregate,
and then the list returned.  I find this a little clumsy.

Do you miss var params?  Opinions and techniques welcome.
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