I think you hit on the distinction when you use the terms "procedure" and "procedure application". It is correct to say that a procedure returns a value and that an application of that procedure has a value. (since Scheme has first-class procedures, it's also true that a procedure has a value, but that's a more advanced topic.)
Justin On Sep 7, 2012 8:47 PM, "Ellen Spertus" <sper...@mills.edu> wrote: > I can't help feeling a twinge when I refer to a Scheme procedure > "returning" a value, since I think my own teachers instead spoke of a > procedure application as having, not returning, a value. Is it wrong to > speak of a procedure returning a value? If so, how bad is it, and what is > it recommended that I say instead? FWIW, we use PLAI as our textbook. > > Thanks. > > Ellen > > ________________________ > PLT Educators talk list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/plt-edu-talk > >
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