<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> semi-serious submission: because imperative variables have valence.</p><p>thoughts: why is the value of a function potentially a &quot;multiple value&quot;, and what&#39;s the difference between parameters and return values? what about languages that allow multi-valuedness (FramerD FDScript)?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> as opposed to references to values, i guess</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> I always thought that this terminology was stolen from math.</p>

<p>like, why is the word &quot;value&quot; applicable to variables?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> because they’re quite useful. Constants only go so far</p>

<p>do we?<br />I wouldn&#39;t say that, I would say they have &quot;a value&quot;<br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span></p>

<p>question: why do we say that variables have value?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Some_Emo_Chick" class="u-url mention">@<span>Some_Emo_Chick</span></a></span> wondering if it&#39;s going to turn out as another &quot;too late too little&quot;. But everything helps…</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy" class="u-url mention">@<span>davidrevoy</span></a></span> I remember when my 8 year old daughter first saw this panel she felt confused and embarrassed, and it was an excellent cue for us to explain to her that yes, sometimes girls love girls and there&#39;s nothing wrong with it. I think it was her first introduction to the idea of same-sex love, and seeing it in her favorite comic made it easier to understand. Thanks for that!</p>