whilst statement

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No, on the grounds that Perl would then have to have untilst

No. Just... no.

imo it should be "aslongas" :)

Quite frankly, No.
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Original post by DrEvil imo it should be "aslongas" :)

But how would one pronounce that? Pronouncing it the wrong way makes it sound quite funny.

Oh, and No to the original post. (Although I think it sounds cool, no.)

Oh, of course. It is a disgrace to the english language, I mean really. In addition, the shorthand nature of such languages is appalling. One should write equals, not '='. Basic languages offer a minor improvement, in that 'if' is appropriately folowed by 'then'.

In order to fully qualify the instructions written in a language, we require a name to which the instructions are issued. I suggest, if I may, the name "Jeeves". Other changes that simply must be made include an explicit call command. The 'foo()' syntax is unclear, and should be replaced with 'call foo()'. In fact, the '()' syntax is also entirely unsatisfactory. A call should instead be followed by a comma seperated list, with the last two items seperated by 'and'. The semicolon seperation of statements is also unacceptable, and should be replaced by 'old chap'. Finally, all variables must be qualified with 'the' or 'a'.

An implementation of such a language might appear as follows:
"Jeeves, call Smith about the swords and the wagon, old chap."

Note: This post was meant to be mildly amusing, not offensive or lame. I probably failed, so my apologies.

[Edited by - RAZORUNREAL on December 8, 2006 3:43:04 AM]

Well I found it slightly amusing

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Original post by squicklid Does anyone agree that the "while" keyword of C'ish langauges should be "whilst"?

By this single statement, you just destroyed decades of working programs. That's billion an billion of code lines that now need to be carefully modified.

If you want to use whilst in your own programs (and make them unreadable by everyone but you), you can also #define whilst while. But what would be the win? A more English-compliant language syntax? Well, most programmers are NOT English, so that doesn't matter very much [smile]

"While" and "whilst" are equivelant in modern English. It's a stylistic issue (such as might be set down by a newspaper's editor) as to which to use. I personally prefer "whilst", simply because of the sound. The parasitic 't' was added in Middle English.

So no, I think it should be left well enough alone!

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Original post by dwarfsoft (and Mushu and cow_in_the_well and ArchWizard and mattd and DukeAtreides076 and Promit and Ravuya) No.

Quoted for the purpouse of emphasis, while contributing no otherwise meaningful conversational relevance.

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