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I bet you do know the difference - you just didn't know the words. And now you do!

• taco_emoji 10y ago
  I don't see how you could do any high-level programming without understanding the difference between defining a function and calling it. I think you misunderstood collyw's original comment (or maybe I did?) - it's not pedantic to understand the conceptual difference, it's pedantic to worry about the terminology. (Except if you're writing a compiler, I guess, which most programmers are not.)
  • collyw 10y ago
    pretty much
  • to3m 10y ago
    No, you misunderstand me (and the fault could be mine): my point is that since it's pedantic to worry about the terminology, you might as well use the standard terms. Leave it to others to waste their time worrying about what things are called.