I could do that in a weekend (2016)

Re:I could do that in a weekend (2016) by a1369209993 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:29PM (#23025289)

Not true; if the conditional branch goes backward then it's a (possibly do-) while statement. Also subroutine calls.

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Re:I could do that in a weekend (2016) by seisvelas on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:34PM (#23026264)

Counternitpick: Those subrouting calls and while statements are compiled to conditional jmps. If you squint your eyes it's just a fancy 'if'.

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Re:I could do that in a weekend (2016) by zimpenfish on Thursday April 30, 2020 @01:19AM (#23027667)

"It's no use, @a1369209993 - it's IF statements all the way down!"

Apologies to William James' apocryphal quote.

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