[Tutor] repeat

[bob gailer]

Michael wrote:
> Hi All
>
> This has probably been asked before but can I get some clarification on 
> why Python does not have a repeat...until statement, and does that mean 
> repeat...until is bad practice? I was trying to get Python on the 
> standard langauge list for my state secondary school system but they say 
> a langauge must have a test last structure in it to be considered.
>   
That rules out FORTRAN!

And I would point out (as one of us already did):

while True:
  blahblah
  if condition: break

Is a test-last structure.

Of course some purists will object to "break" since it is a "goto in 
disguise".