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Actually it's a procedure because it has a side-effect.

• dragonwriter 13y ago
  In python, they are called "functions" whether or not they have side effects. (And, actually, in most programming languages I've seen that have different constructs called "function" and "procedure", the difference is that functions have a return value and procedures don't -- usually, both can have side effects.)
  • anaphor 13y ago
    Have you ever used a functional programming language?