Comment by Joel Spolsky

From: John Seal (sealj_at_indy.raytheon.com)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 11:01:30 -0500

Joel Spolsky says in http://joelonsoftware.com/items/2003/10/13.html

"The only languages I have used extensively that do let you return
multiple values nicely are ML and Haskell."

Where by "return multiple values" he seems to mean

"a function that either produces a return value or returns an error"

I posted a question to "Ask Joel" asking if he knows about Tcl, with a
link to the [return] man page. I realize that the wording of his
statement allows the possibility that he knows about it, but doesn't use
it "extensively" enough to warrant a mention.

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