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From: gateley@mips.csc.ti.com (John Gateley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Functions vs. Procedures in Lisp
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Date: 17 Jun 88 19:56:14 GMT
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In article <6024@uwmcsd1.UUCP> markh@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes:
>[Examples of side-effecting mathematics deleted]
>Conclusion: Mathematical functions and programming language functions are MUCH
>more closely related than anybody has realised up to now.

I dont follow this, but if what you are saying is true, you should be able
to write a mathematical function with side effects. Show me how to do this.
I would like to see, for example, two functions f and g where g always returns
the last argument passed to f.

John Gateley