In programming, we deal with two kinds of elements: functions and data. (Soon we will discover that they are really not so distinct.) Informally, data is stuff that we want to manipulate, and ...

M4N asks:. Is there a reason why functions in most(?) programming languages are designed to support any number of input parameters but only one return value?

A programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes. Programs serve ...