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kahirsch
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Phrase origin: Why do we "call" functions?
This reminds me of a little bit of trivia. In very old versions of BASIC, "FORD=STOP" would be parsed as "FOR D = S TO P".
I found that amusing circa 1975.
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I found that amusing circa 1975.