On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 04:14:01PM -0400, Aaron Sherman wrote: > > Well then, I guess we should dump "elsif" from if too. After all, it > could all be done with nested blocks of if/else.... But C<elsif> is different. You use it all the time. The frequency with which you'd need a loop that leads into another loop that leads into a conditional isn't worthy of special keywords for each combination. It's like coming up with a catchy word for "that place on the corner of the sidewalk that dips down for wheel-chairs, bicycles and strollers (er, prams)". It's not worth it. (Maybe there is such a word, but I don't remember it because I don't use it.)
> If we're to keep if the same, and add an else to loops, I think the > syntax should be unified. There is a time for unification and a time for differentiation. Total unification would take us back to assembly, "There can be only jumps." Everything is a balance. Allison
