*always as in, from learn on 6th edition at BTL in 1977.
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 3:29 PM Michael Jones <michael.jo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> So sorry to learn of your mistreatment. I've never been struggled in an
> anti-do-while cultural revolution, though I can imagine the lasting
> emotional harm.
>
> I always* thought that C's "do {stuff} while (cond);" was a victim of
> syntax. The cond is far away and hidden from the do. An idea from the Go
> line of reasoning could be like this:
>
> for preCondition; beforeCond; updateStatement; afterCond {stuff}
>
> The argument for this would be just one looping construct, capable of a
> pre and post conditions, all set out at the start. It might be pretty
> enough to escape the thuggery of the past. ;-)
>
> Michael
>
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 1:32 PM Rob Pike <r...@golang.org> wrote:
>
>> There is a widespread dislike of do-while in C. Pretty much every time
>> I've wanted it, my code reviewer made me take it out. I agree it has its
>> place but it's one of those style things that social pressures seem to
>> force. I would not be the one to try to argue for its return; I couldn't
>> handle the backlash.
>>
>> -rbo
>>
>>
>
> --
> Michael T. Jones
> michael.jo...@gmail.com
>
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