do...while vs. repeat...until (was: Errors aren't that simple)
Curt JOHNSON
curtj at microsoft.UUCP
Thu Mar 29 11:51:36 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.
How 'bout:
#define Cycle for(;;)
'tho I prefer
#define forever for(;;)
or
#define ever (;;)
// for ever { stuff... }
[] -- Curt Johnson -- ...!uuent!microsoft!curtj
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