On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 00:47, Aaron W. Hsu <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 23 May 2011 06:36:08 -0400, Alaric Snell-Pym > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> FWIW, I never use while and until... I just reach for the named let. >> It's general, so I only have to remember how it works once. > > Does anyone use while and until in practice? I've never seen in in real > code.
I use them, sometimes, when rewriting in scheme an algorithm written in imperative style in a foreign language. For example, when taking an algorithm from a book. Sometimes it's worth the time to translate the code in good style, and sometimes the time is missing. Luckily, with scheme we have the choice. Nevertheless, I'd prefer not to have these macros in the standard. And I'd strongly prefer not to have them in WG1 scheme. > On the other hand, I use when and unless all the time. me too. P. _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list [email protected] http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports
