Language mavens: Is there a programming with "if then else ENDIF" syntax?

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 15:51:43 EST 2009


On 2009-11-16 14:40 PM, Edward A. Falk wrote:
> In article<ff92db5b-9cb0-4a72-b339-2c5ac02fbad0 at p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
> Steve Ferg<steve.ferg.bitbucket at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I've often thought that a language with this kind of block-free syntax
>> would be nice and intuitive:
>>
>>     if<condition>  then
>>         do stuff
>>     elif<condition>  then
>>         do stuff
>>     else
>>         do stuff
>>     endif
>>
>> Note that you do not need block delimiters.
>
> "then", "else", and "endif" *are* the block delimiters

I think he meant that you don't need *extra* block delimiters or generic block 
delimiters like {}.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco




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