Assignment in Conditionals

[Peter da Silva]

> >	Having built a compiler for a purely functional language,
> >	I can attest that the idea is not as good as it may appear
> >	to those who haven't designed such a language.  I used to
> >	think it would be nice if every statement returned a value,
> >	but as a result of the experience I have changed my mind.

I thought you just mailed this to me. OK.

'C' isn't a purely functional language, so there is relatively little
you can learn from this comparison. Maybe if it supported "call by name",
but that's another story.
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