[Swift-commit] r3820 - text/parco10submission

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Author: dsk
Date: 2010-12-22 16:44:04 -0600 (Wed, 22 Dec 2010)
New Revision: 3820

Modified:
   text/parco10submission/paper.tex
Log:
adding Mihael's suggestion re 'function' vs 'procedure' as a note


Modified: text/parco10submission/paper.tex
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--- text/parco10submission/paper.tex	2010-12-22 16:03:09 UTC (rev 3819)
+++ text/parco10submission/paper.tex	2010-12-22 22:44:04 UTC (rev 3820)
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@
 
 \katznote{in general, I would like to use application, job, task, program, etc. in some way that is consistent throughout the paper, perhaps defined in the introduction}
 
+\katznote{Mihael's suggestion:  ``Should we abandon the
+"procedure" term that we use for functions? It alludes to imperative
+programming which Swift is pretty far from.''  Dan agrees with this.}
+
 \katznote{are swift tasks idempotent?  are swift scripts are deterministic (maybe?)  deadlock-free? (no)}
 
 Swift is a scripting language designed for composing ordinary




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