Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue

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From	Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:

> On 15/01/17 23:09, Gareth Owen wrote:
>> Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>>
>>> Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Of course, Tim's depth of knowledge of experience does suggest that he's
>>>> been programming since the time that punch cards were made of papyrus,
>>>> so its not out of the question.
>>>
>>> Yes, it's a little known fact that the ancient Egyptians
>>> developed the world's first computers around the time
>>> of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.  And they had a heck of
>>> a time keeping those papyrus punch card readers working,
>>> I can tell you.
>>
>> Exacerbated by having to use variable names like "picture of bird",
>> "two reeds" and "sheaf of corn".
>
> And, famously, they had no way to indicate to the calling environment
> a successful termination of their C programs.

True, but their interest in pyramids meant that most of their
implementations were free-standing.

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Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-29 13:25 -0800
  Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-30 10:48 +1300
    Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-29 16:46 -0800
      Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-30 13:51 +1300
        Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-29 17:22 -0800
          Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-13 02:45 -0800
      Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-30 01:01 +0000
        Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-30 14:04 +1300
        Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-29 17:23 -0800
  Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2016-12-30 00:56 -0800
  Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-13 02:41 -0800
    Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-13 09:59 -0800
      Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-13 18:48 +0000
        Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-15 12:08 -0800
          Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-15 23:09 +0000
            Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-15 23:18 +0000
              Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-15 23:37 +0000
              Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-01-18 11:32 +0000
                Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2017-01-18 21:25 +0000
      Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-13 11:54 -0800
      Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-15 11:58 -0800

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