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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: "for" loops (was Re: C++ vs. Modula
Message-ID: <2026@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 2 Feb 89 16:59:20 GMT
References: <1611@csuna.UUCP> <7800002@gistdev>
Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
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In article <7800002@gistdev> flint@gistdev.UUCP writes:
>
>I've always felt that it should be the job of programming languages to let
>me say what I want to do concisely, and then they should do it the way I
>want.

From the DEC Ultrix fortune-cookie file:

	"When someone says 'I want a programming language in which I
	need only say what I wish done,' give him a lollipop."

So, would you like grape or lime?

				--Blair
				  "I always like to do the right thing..."