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From: tenaglia@mis.mcw.edu ("Chris Tenaglia - 257-8765")
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Subject: Otherwise
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Date: 4 Sep 90 14:15:30 GMT
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Concerning icon language constructs, I was wondering if there is any call
for an 'otherwise' construct. This would be used in a conditional. This idea
is based in part on tri-state logic that is popular in AI products.

        if (num/div) > lim
          then write("Is true.")
          else write("Is false.")
          otherwise write("Is unknown or &null or div by 0")

This might be a cleaner way of handling things than messing with the error
count, and could be very handy for development and debugging. Or maybe there's
a more Iconish way of handling it. Any ideas?

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