Assignment in Conditionals

[Raymond D. Dunn]

>	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.


Why? How? When? What?
..or do we just all take your word for it and never do it (what?)

Ray Dunn.   ..philabs!micomvax!othervax!ray