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Firstly, you are not user “pinewurst” And neither are you. Why are you speaking for someone else, much less a stranger on the internet? you presumably wrote
by reaperducer 3y ago
Firstly, you are not user “pinewurst”
And neither are you. Why are you speaking for someone else, much less a stranger on the internet?
you presumably wrote “business software” as an older, experienced, programmer?
No, your presumption is wrong. I specified "business software" because business software of the era was typically more complex than other software, and thus required more GOTOs and other conventions that the previous commenters have stated are problematic.
- teddyh 3y agoWhy did you reply to a question clearly asked directly to the post I replied to? > No, your presumption is wrong. Fair enough. So it was “no big deal” for you. But functions clearly have value, since every language since that time has added them as a language feature. And I claim that, barring the occasional genius like you, most people (including myself at that time) actually need the language support in order to be able to get used to building abstractions in ever larger programs.