Proposed new syntax

[Pavol Lisy]

On 8/17/17, Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Steve D'Aprano wrote:
>> If he wanted declarative semantics, why didn't he argue for declarative
>> syntax
>> like "select...where", instead of choosing procedural syntax which matches
>> the
>> actual procedural semantics given?
>
> I don't agree that the word "for" necessarily implies proceduralness.

With this logic (I humbly think that) word "while" neither
necessarilly implies proceduralness.