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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Why C++ is successful
Date: 1998/08/16
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Patrick said

  Well, the fact that you had to add that hint suggests something about
  your code's clarity...  :-)

  How about this:

  from
          J := 1
  until
          J >= N
  loop
          if D(J) > D(J+1) then
                  Swap (D(J), D(J+1));
                  J := 1;
          else
                  J := J + 1;
          end
  end

A postscript by the way is that I am not clear as to what language is
being used for the above code, but I am assuming that, unlike the case
in many languages, the until test is simply a negative while, and not
a test at the end of the loop. A test at the end of the loop is of
course quite incorrect. Personally I don't like using until as the
negation of while, since it is so well established by custom that
until means an end of the loop test.