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

[Francis J. A. Pinteric]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:22:28 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca> wrote:

> On 27/06/03 Francis J. A. Pinteric did speaketh:
> 
> > Vega 0.0.1 (Fri Jun 27 15:31:41 EDT 2003)
> > 	[gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)]
> > >> x=0
> > >> while x<10:
> > >> 	print("Value is:" x)
> > >> 	x = x+1
> > >> finally
> > >> 	print("Done. x is:" x) 
> > >> end
> 
>     I would have expected a colon after the finally, based on the
>     while
> statement. 
> 
>     Mike
> 


Actually, I was thinking the ':" was out of place.

But ...

The language itself is completely free format.  The problem is in
it'simplementation. Therein lies the complexity.

Sometimes an extra token helps the language work better.  As I said
earlyer, by substuting a keyword `FINALLY' rather than `ELSE' reduced
certain tables that was important.

My design is that of a completely Object Oriented language.  But we've
had certain of our members complain that Object Oriented programmed
prevented from doing what they want to do.

So far, Ruby is interesting.  I encouraging everyone to explore Ruby as
a new language.  Please tell me what your explorations are.

>>>--fja->



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