OpenEuphoria

Re: registration and requests

• Posted by "Bown, John" <John.Bown at UK.ORIGIN-IT.COM> Feb 15, 1999
• 483 views

>
>> Why there is not something like:
>
>> repeat
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> until x>10    --condition tested at end of loop
>
>Euphoria tries to be a "minimal" language, where
>we avoid adding language features for things that can be handled
>almost as well by existing features.

I agree with the sentiments but this conflicts with some of the
realities of version 2.1 ... the 2.0 version allowed addition,
subtraction and so on so why were the += / -= operators added ? They
certainly weren't *needed*.

The REPEAT/UNTIL statement is infinitely more understandable and
readable that a bodged WHILE/END WHILE statement and one of the
fundamental control structures expected in a modern programming
language.

It should be incredibly simple to add a REPEAT/UNTIL to Euphoria;
fobbing us off with, "this can be handled almost as well by existing
features".

Please Rob, could you explain further why +=/-= are valid extensions in
2.1 but a REPEAT/UNTIL is rejected almost out of hand ? I'm at a loss as
to how to balance your views at the moment.