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

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 27/06/03 David F. Skoll did speaketh:

> How so?
> 
> "If you're hungry, eat something, or else be quiet!"
> 
> Granted, in programming, we use "else" rather than "or else", but there
> are many other instances of telegraphic English in programming languages.
> 
> If "else" weren't so prevalent in most programming languages, I'd
> be happy with "otherwise".

    I just want to know why languages designers can't agree on what to
call else-if. We have "else if", "elif", "elsif"...

    Mike

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