Re: Using break in while loops bad habit?

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Subject	Re: Using break in while loops bad habit?
From	"Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net>
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Date	2016-01-26 22:48 +0100
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Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote on 26 Jan 2016 in 
comp.lang.javascript:

>      I wish I were definitely in the "... When you were still ..."
> category.  I am 55.

I started programming in 2650 assembler when you were 5,
having done binary arythmatic on quad NOR-gate chips.

>>>   2) It is possible to mix code and pseudo-code. 
>>
>>Anything is possible, methinks.
>>
>>> When I use
>>> pseudo-code, I sometimes use the pseudo-code as comments and fill in
>>> with the code.  I find this useful when the way to do each part is not
>>> neccessarily clear, but working out some of what I want into code may
>>> help clarify the rest.
>>
>>Good for you.
>>Is this a hidden "do like me and you will do good" ?
> 
>      No.  It is simply a use case of code and pseudo-code being
> together.  You probably do not do that yourself, or you would have
> understood the confusion better.

In early assembler you typically started off getting your mind together
using some form of pseudocode on paper, as adviced in Byte.

No mix intended. Byte had its own pseudocode then.
 
>      It is useful for me.  Whether it would be for you is for you to
> decide.  I have a history of not following advice/tips/whatever that
> do not work for me.

Some are lethal, safe to say you did not follow those [yet].

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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Using break in while loops bad habit? jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-16 04:19 -0800
  Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-16 13:59 +0100
    Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2016-01-16 15:41 +0000
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-16 16:41 -0800
  Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2016-01-16 13:02 +0000
    Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-01-16 13:43 +0000
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-16 14:56 +0100
        Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-18 09:39 -0800
          Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-18 19:16 +0100
            Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-23 10:32 -0800
              Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-24 00:49 +0100
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-25 21:36 -0800
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-26 10:12 +0100
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-26 11:11 -0800
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-26 22:48 +0100
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-26 15:03 -0800
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-27 00:51 +0100
              Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-01-23 21:00 -0500
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-25 21:39 -0800
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-26 10:17 +0100
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-01-26 17:10 +0000
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-01-26 16:44 +0000
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-26 11:17 -0800
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-01-27 05:00 +0000
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-27 09:29 -0800
            Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-01-23 20:53 -0500
              Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-24 10:28 +0100
              Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-25 21:41 -0800
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2016-01-16 09:06 -0600
        Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-01-16 17:31 +0000
        Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-16 16:52 -0800
  Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-01-16 12:43 -0300
  Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2016-01-16 17:51 +0100
    Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-17 09:09 +0100
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-17 11:19 +0000
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2016-01-18 00:40 +0100
        Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2016-01-18 13:53 +1100
          Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2016-01-18 07:59 +0100
  Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-16 16:34 -0800
    Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-17 01:29 +0000
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-17 19:22 -0800
        Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-01-18 10:00 +0000
        Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-18 10:50 +0000
          Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-20 16:40 -0800
            Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-21 01:50 +0000
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-18 22:55 +0000
        Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-18 16:10 -0800
    Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-18 09:46 -0800
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-18 10:16 -0800
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-18 19:18 +0100
        Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-23 10:33 -0800
          Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-24 00:51 +0100
            Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-25 21:46 -0800
              Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-26 10:22 +0100
                Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-26 11:19 -0800
      Re: Using break in while loops bad habit? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-01-19 16:48 +0000

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