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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: "for" loops (was Re: C++ vs. Modula
Message-ID: <8887@alice.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 89 14:00:57 GMT
References: <1611@csuna.UUCP> <7800004@gistdev>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <7800004@gistdev>, flint@gistdev.UUCP writes:

> So if your user had written (hascall's previous example below)
> >       do i=0.0, 4.0, 2.0/3.0
> you just multiply everything by 3 to convert it into this:
>         do i=0,12,2
>         float=i/3.0

Sure, this could be done.  It has a nasty side effect, though:

	do i = 0.0, 4.0, 2.0/3.0

will mean something different from

	x = 2.0
	y = 3.0
	do i = 0.0, 4.0, x/y

I would rather have a system whose behavior doesn't change when
I replace a value by another identical value.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com