Why 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 yo

Why 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.