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You “call upon” the function to perform a task, or return a value as the case may be. Just as you may call upon a servant or whatever.
by monkpit 1y ago
You “call upon” the function to perform a task, or return a value as the case may be. Just as you may call upon a servant or whatever.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoThe answer is in the article. You "call" functions because they are stored in libraries, like books, and like books in libraries, when you want them, you identify which one you want by specifying its "call number".
- kgwgk 1y agoAnother answer also in the article is that you call them like you call a doctor to your home, so they do something for you, or how people are “on call”. The “call number” in that story comes after the “call”. Not the other way around.