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

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> From: Igor Kachan [mailto:kinz at peterlink.ru]


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

As someone pointed out, the use of 'for' likely comes from mathematical
jargon:

for x = 1 to 10 do

could be translated as:

let X = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}
for each x in X [sequential] do


Matt Lewis

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