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Is square a function or object/data structure result of operation?

Welcome to the Real World. Please make different entities look different.




Usually when one starts to learn to program already have learned some math. So knows only this notation for funcions: square(x) = x*x

"Return" seems meaningless.

So that is the "real world" function declaration (if this phrase makes any sense for a math notation convention) for a nonprogrammer.

Is that what you mean? Because then I agree...




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