[fpc-devel] Pure function Wiki page

[J. Gareth Moreton]

Admittedly I have slightly selfish reasons for my proposed improvements.  I like
to play around with mathematical programming where loops can run for several days
or weeks, so even the slimmest of savings adds up to a lot of saved time... and I
love Object Pascal! Granted I can use assembly language for the most critical of
code, something that 64-bit Visual C++ makes extremely difficult (plus there are
always portability issues), but the more you can use a high-level language, the
better.

Ideally, any mathematical function should be eligible for being pure, which is
why I listed factorial as a goal.  There will always be exceptions, of course,
but that seems like a good benchmark.

Gareth aka. Kit

On Mon 09/07/18 15:39 , Ryan Joseph ryan at thealchemistguild.com sent:
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> That’s a double win then. Very good idea this is.
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> Regards,
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> Ryan Joseph
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