Jonathan said: > I actually think exactly the opposite. In my mind "otherwise" would > just be a synonym for "else" so that > > loop { ... } else { ... } > loop { ... } otherwise { ... } > > would both be syntactically valid.
I believe that the intention is that they *aren't* synonyms, i.e. they look similar but are different, leading to confusion. I imagine people who date twins sometimes kiss the wrong twin and *that* probably throws an exception. Same concept. -Miko