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- From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow)
- Subject: Re: FOR...NEXT in Eforth
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:15:02 GMT
- Message-ID: <20121@mindlink.bc.ca>
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- jvn@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Julian V. Noble) writes:
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- > Now I would like a show of hands: How many people agree with me that the
- > word NEXT is too important, universal, ubiquitous, etc. to be taken over as
- > the terminus of a FOR...NEXT loop?
-
- <hand> :)
-
- > I would propose that NEXT be reserved for its traditional purpose, and that
- > the end of a FOR...NEXT loop be called one of several possibilities:
- >
- > ROF ( my favorite)
- > ;FOR ( same # of letters as NEXT)
- > >FOR ( how's this? )
-
- I don't really like any of those (which means they aren't the _right_
- choice). How about a FOR...MORE loop? Nah, MORE is too useful for other
- uses. Needs more thought.
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- Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca
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