"while/else" (ugh) (was Re: [oclug] Ruby)

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 27/06/03 Patrick Smith did speaketh:

> But upvar and pointers make it easy to do things that would be difficult 
> without them.
> 
> This 'else after a loop', however, can be easily replaced by standard 
> logical constructs.

    We don't need do/while or do/until loops either then, but I know
some people like to have them available. 

    Mike

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