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From: matsc@sics.se (Mats Carlsson)
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Subject: Re: '->' operator
Message-ID: <1991Jan14.081702.11514@sics.se>
Date: 14 Jan 91 08:17:02 GMT
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In-Reply-To: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu's message of 11 Jan 91 20:43:39 GMT

In article <1991Jan11.204339.25431@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
   My recollection is that the proposed standard does not include if-then-else.

On the contrary, the forthcoming ISO standard will include
if-then-else with its Edinburgh syntax.  The people involved in
ISO/JTC1/SC22/WG17 (including me) are aware of the problems with '->'
and ';', but I am convinced that trying to invent something different
at this stage would be a big mistake.
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Mats Carlsson
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