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by rhesa (5696) on 2008.09.30 12:16 (#65207) Journal

I'd like to see "function" (or a variant) reserved for something carrying some promise of being side-effect free. That'd be useful for functional programming.
I'd suggest "procedure" or something like it for ordinary subs. I wouldn't even consider trying mixing prototypes and signatures, so I'd like to keep "sub" as is.
That way, you've covered three major programming styles.

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  by drhyde (1683)
  
  The old BBC BASIC programmer in me thinks that proc would work nicely.

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