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From: disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Draco keywords
Message-ID: <1922@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 88 16:36:59 GMT
References: <612@myrias.UUCP>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <612@myrias.UUCP>, by cg@myrias.UUCP (Chris Gray):
> In article <1665@vaxb.calgary.UUCP> maloff@calgary.UUCP (Sheldon Maloff) writes:
> 
> Previous stuff deleted.
> 
>>very few people enjoy typing words backwards.  Thats my beef, I
>>don't like typing corp, or tnemmoc, or fi, or fidne, or ...
>>
More stuff deleted...
>>Perhaps if I learned the alphabet backwards, that would help :-)
Now you're gettin' silly.  :-)

> Just to clarify it a little. The reversed keywords used in Draco always match
> up with a previous keyword in the same construct. The pairs are:
> 
> proc/corp, if/fi, case/esac, do/od
I find this to be a rather refreshing change to the humdrum END or ENDIF
constructs.  

> been heard before, but I have NEVER heard it from someone who has used the
> language for a significant amount of time.
Well said.  After using Draco for even a few weeks I found it to be
quite natural.  I'm always amused by the religious arguments that ensue
when people are faced with something a little different.

Chris, don't change that feature of Draco.  Dare to be different.


> Chris Gray		Myrias Research, Edmonton	+1 403 428 1616









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