From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8002154d2966e1a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-05 15:45:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!HSNX.atgi.net!falcon.america.net!eagle.america.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3DC8585E.5050003@otelco.net> From: Larry Hazel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en,x-ns11F8K63r3NhQ,x-ns2r2e09O MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Local vs global variables in ADA References: <5Ldx9.3695$151.38236@weber.videotron.net> <3DC5D1B7.1060707@acm.org> <3DC6DD54.10200@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 17:46:38 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.0.32.230 X-Trace: eagle.america.net 1036540196 66.0.32.230 (Tue, 05 Nov 2002 18:49:56 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 18:49:56 EST Organization: 24hoursupport.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:30411 Date: 2002-11-05T17:46:38-06:00 List-Id: Robert A Duff wrote: > Stephen Leake writes: > > >>Never use a "while" loop. Mostly because "exit when" is much clearer, >>partly because I've used other languages that had slightly different >>definitions of "while", and I can't keep them straight. > > > Like what? I mean, which languages have different definitions of > "while" loops, and what are the differences. I thought "while" loops > were one of the few cases where there is pretty much agreement on the > semantics across languages. > If I remember correctly, the Fortran compiler for the SDS/Xerox Sigma computers used: REPEAT Statements WHILE Condition or UNTIL Condition Larry