Re: small Q

To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re: small Q
From: "felix" <felix@anu.ie>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:00:01 -0400 (EDT)
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References: <398EA566.8AB90683@dial.pipex.com> <Gsyj5.3194$pu4.263441@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net> <8mmvgo$enu$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <398F2D0B.EB3781D5@lotus.com> <okfvgxcyt5z.fsf@bellsouth.net> <39906200.AA24D148@acm.org>
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Thant Tessman wrote in message <39906200.AA24D148@acm.org>...
>
>
>David Rush wrote:
>
>> Or you could ask the conjugate (?) question: "could someone describe
>> where multiple function parameters would be useful and not just a
>> convenience?" ;)
>
>SML functions take only one value and return only one value. It just so
>happens that these values can be tuples. This is the Right Way (TM) to
>do it.
>


Hey, I thought the term "The Right Way" is patented by the Common LISP
crowd! ;-)


felix

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