Well, solidity is kinda javascript-style syntax and that's the keyword from javascript. On a pedantic level, you're absolutely correct, but real-world usage ge

Well, solidity is kinda javascript-style syntax and that's the keyword from javascript. On a pedantic level, you're absolutely correct, but real-world usage generally makes 'function' equivalent to 'subroutine', hence why we have the specific term pure function to disambiguate.