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Re: Why 'for', not 'from' ?

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jun 03, 2003
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Kachan" <kinz at peterlink.ru>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Why 'for', not 'from' ?


>
>
> Hello Dan, Henry, Derek :
>
> Thanks for your hard work!
>
> But I have the last questions on this subject.
>  _____
> |
> | ----->  is it "from"? Yes it is. Isn't it?
> |_____
>
>  "iz" in Russian
>
> |    |
> |    |
> |____| ----> is it "from"? Yes it is. Isn't it?
>
>  "ot" in Russian
>
> A--->---B  is it "From A to (into) B"? Yes it is. Isn't it?
>    "ot A do B" (for the points)
> or "iz A v B" (for the towns) in Russian
>
> 1,2,3,4,5  is it "From 1 to 5"? Yes it is. Isn't it?
> "ot 1 do 5" in Russian
>
> x=1,2,3,4,5 is it "From x=1 to x=5"? Yes it is. Isn't it?
> "ot x=1 do x=5" in Russian
>
> Where is that "FOR" for ("dlya" in Russian) the loop's parameter?

I have almost NO idea what you are talking about above. But are you trying
to demonstrate that 'from' can mean a number of different things? That is
not news. In English, most words have more than one meaning and we also have
many words for the same thing. Sorry, but just have to cope with this.

The Euphoria phrase "for x = 1 to 5 do" can be better expressed in English
(and remember that Euphoria is not the English language) as "repeat for each
number in the range 1 through 5; assign x the number and then do the
following things...".


> How can I say "From 1 to 5" another way in English?


Try "Starting with 1 through to 5".

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Derek