[Axiom-developer] 1: %

[Ralf Hemmecke]

> | The problem is the "1: %" as a constant (not a nullary function).
>
> The distinction is largely syntactic, not fundamental.

I was once told that in Aldor the difference between
  a: %
and
  b: () -> %
is that
b() will run a program which might side-effect other things or even 
return something different each time.

Ralf