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From: Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Is this PEP-able?   fwhile
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:47:44 -0400
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On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:20:43 +1000, Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@iinet.net.au>
declaimed the following:

>jimjhb@aol.com:
>
>> Syntax:
>> fwhile X in ListY and conditionZ:
>
>    There is precedent in Algol 68:
>
>for i from 0 to n while safe(i) do .. od
>
	The REXX variant would be

do for i = 0 to n while safe(i)
	...
end

	Basically one has an optional "for" clause ( for index = initial to end
by step ), and one has an optional while/until clause -- Hmm, wonder if
some interpreters would parse both while and until <G>. I need to install
Regina Rexx on this new machine...
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