do...while vs. repeat...until

cbuckley at vax1.tcd.ie cbuckley at vax1.tcd.ie
Sat Mar 24 22:39:26 AEST 1990


In article <KZB#G{_ at rpi.edu>, night at pawl.rpi.edu (Trip Martin) writes:

> An interesting note that might give some perspective to this issue is how
> Plus, a little-known language that I'm somewhat familiar with, handles loops.
> Instead of having both while and do..while forms of loops, it uses one form
> called cycle.  Cycle is an infinite loop.  You can then stick exit statements
> anywhere in the loop (and then can be conditional, with both flavors of tests
> supported).  Conceptually, it's a more general way of handling loops.
> 
> Trip Martin

...... in other words .......

 GOTO !

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