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Phrase origin: Why do we "call" functions?

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183 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 04:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.299s | source
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pixelpoet ◴[09 Jul 25 09:43 UTC] No.44507978[source]▶
Another interesting one is in games when an effect is said to "proc", which I guess is from a procedure getting called.
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1. s3krit ◴[09 Jul 25 12:42 UTC] No.44509351[source]▶
Basically, yeah. It actually has its origin in MUDs, from 'spec_proc', short for special procedure.