On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:47:26 -0000, Rob T <[email protected]> wrote:
If someone can honestly demonstrate a non-subjective reason why there must be a difference between function call and variable assignments, please show it. So far I've only seen arguments that boil down to "I don't like it".
A variable assignment is in 99% of cases a simple operation. A function call is in 99% of cases a more complex operation. Being able to immediately "see" those costs is useful. A language which allows you to make variable assignments costly will be inherently harder to understand in terms of cost, than a language which does not.
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