for / while else doesn't make sense

Jon Ribbens jon+usenet at unequivocal.co.uk
Mon May 23 11:35:33 EDT 2016


On 2016-05-23, breamoreboy at gmail.com <breamoreboy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 2:04:01 AM UTC+1, Jon Ribbens wrote:
>> On 2016-05-23, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > The point of arithmetic in software is to do what mathematics defines.
>> > Would you expect 1+2 to return 5? No. Why not? Where was the result
>> > defined?
>> 
>> Are you trying to compete with him for the Missing The Point Award?
>
> We had the RUE, now we've got the Resident Arithmetic Expert or RAE.
> Just what the doctor didn't order.

Who's that then? Maybe they could chip in with their opinion.



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