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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: while loop vs do while loop reading from the file issue
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Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>> You are describing what *you* think of as structured programming, but
>> you're providing no basis for your claims about it.
>>
>> Tim cited a source, Dijkstra's "Notes on Structured Programming".
>> What's your source?  If you have none, perhaps you could call it
>> Malcolm-structured programming to avoid confusion.
>
> Remember when this used to be a C language newsgroup?
>
> Good times.
>
> Do Not Feed The .... Whatever the Hell Malcolm Is.

Point taken -- but in this case Malcolm is actually talking about C
programming, such as the common C idiom of conditions with side effects.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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