On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:54 pm, Mikhail V wrote: > but at a first glance, "while" reads as "if" as in english. In English the two words don't mean the same thing. That's why if foo: ... and while foo: ... are different. -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse.