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From: vch@rruxo.UUCP (V. Hatem)
Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.lang.pascal
Subject: Microsoft Pascal ?quirk?
Message-ID: <177@rruxo.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Apr-85 15:27:21 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 11 15:27:21 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Apr-85 03:24:38 EST
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J.
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I was just looking through my brand new Microsoft Pascal manual when I ran
accross the most interesting entry in the index:

	.	
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	OR ELSE operator, 184
	. 
	.
	.
Now, I'm shure I can find some use for this command! Haven't you ever had
a program just not do what you want it to?? (come on C programmers.. we know
you're out there...) Well, Here's the answer!

	for i := 1 to 10 do    
	   readln(a,b,c) OR ELSE;

Of course, there is the useage:

	work OR ELSE;  

Sounds like I'm gonna like THIS pascal....

Vince Hatem
Bell Communications Research
rruxo!vch

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