why no "do : until"?

Steve Lamb grey at despair.rpglink.com
Sun Dec 31 03:13:05 EST 2000


On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 21:12:13 -0500, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
>I understand the point you are making; I'm just pointing out that the
>opposing views seem well-founded.  Areas where I think you missed the
>point are in the importance of code maintainability, the increased
>complexity with your suggested approach, and the feelings of the "entire
>CS community" on this issue.

    I seriously doubt that initing a variable before use causes either code
maintainability problems or increased complexity.

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