Multiple return values

Arthur.Chance@Smallworld.co.uk (Arthur Chance)
16 Apr 1997 00:29:01 -0400

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From: Arthur.Chance@Smallworld.co.uk (Arthur Chance)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers,comp.lang.misc
Date: 16 Apr 1997 00:29:01 -0400
Organization: Smallworldwide plc
Keywords: design, question

A thought struck me over the weekend while rereading the "Lambda: the
Ultimate <foo>" papers:


Most programming languages allow procedures with multiple arguments
(in some cases allowing them to be used in curried form as well), but
very few languages allow multiple return values, in spite of the fact
that multiple results *are* multiple arguments when you're wearing
CPS-tinted glasses. Why is this?
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