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Subject: Re: What should be added to C, call
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Date: Wed, 18-Jun-86 11:17:00 EDT
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... > Multiple way ifs and cases:

I prefer a syntax something like this:

	IF x < y THEN ....
	:: x = y THEN ....
	:: x > y THEN ....
	ENDIF

where :: means "evaluate alternative concurrently", and is distinct from
"else" in that it applies no sequentialization of the tests.

For people into theory, this is really just a guarded statement `a la
Dijkstra.

And, no, I do not propose to put this into C.

Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana.    USEnet:  ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew
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