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In [[mathematics]] and in [[computer programming]], a '''variadic function''' is a [[function (programming)|function]] of indefinite [[arity]], i.e., one which accepts a variable number of [[argument (computer science)|argument]]s. Support for variadic functions differs widely among [[programming language]]s.
 
The term ''variadic'' is a [[neologism]], dating back to 1936–19371936/1937.<ref>Henry S. Leonard and H. N. Goodman, ''A calculus of individuals''. Abstract of a talk given at the Second Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic, held in Cambridge MA on December 28–30, 1936, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2268861], ''Journal of Symbolic Logic'' '''2'''(1) 1937, 63.</ref> The term was not widely used until the 1970s.
 
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