In article <5320e8c9$0$29994$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote: > Because Python doesn't have true procedures What do you mean by "true procedure"? Are you just talking about subroutines that don't return any value, i.e. fortran's SUBROUTINE vs. FUNCTION?