Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!psuvax1!schwartz From: schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: Re: with statement Message-ID: Date: 21 Jul 89 02:14:10 GMT References: : <4023@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Sender: news@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu Organization: Pennsylvania State University, computer science Lines: 21 In-reply-to: conan@vax1.acs.udel.EDU's message of 20 Jul 89 21:15:50 GMT In article <4023@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> Robert B Carroll writes: | What was wirth's reasoning behind making the syntax of the with statement: | | with x,y,z,...... This is an abbreviation for with x do with y do with z do ... just as array [range,range,range,...] is an abbreviation for array range of array range of array range ... -- Scott Schwartz