shelve implementation

[Robin Becker]

In article <3898F49E.4062B220 at python.net>, Thomas A. Bryan
<tbryan at python.net> writes
>Robin Becker wrote:
>> 
>> In article <20000201.10464788 at sparky.spkydomain>, David Fisher
>> <python at rose164.wuh.wustl.edu> writes
>
>> >On another archeologial note, both cStringIO and cPickle are copyright
>> >Digital Creations and are the only modules that i have found:
>> >
>> >#define UNLESS(E) if(!(E))
>> >
>> >which lets them write code like:
>> >
>> >       UNLESS(PyArg_ParseTuple(...))
>> >               return NULL;
>> >
>> >which i think is unbearably cute.
>> 
>> As for cute I seem to remember B or maybe bcpl had 'unless' (or the
>> equivalent) or maybe I've gone gaga.
>
>Well, Perl has 'unless', so you know that it's gotta be a good idea.  ;-)
>
>off-topic-but-I-couldn't-resist-ly 
>
>---Tom

BCPL has
while C do S
until C do S
S repeat
S repeatwhile C
S repeatuntil C
-- 
Robin Becker