What’s the technical definition for “routine”?
The term routine derives from subroutine, which is a more common term in languages like BASIC where one actually creates SUBroutines. (BASIC actually had a difference between a SUBroutine and a FUNCTION, but nevertheless…) From the Wikipedia entry: In computer science, a subroutine (also called procedure, function, routine, method, or subprogram) is a portion of … Read more