From: Lasse Koskela <lasse.koskela@...>
Date: 2005-03-31T16:54:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax sugar idea for loops

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:34:44 +0900, Robert Klemme <bob.news@gmx.net> wrote:
> Yeah, "odd" and "even" are much too specific IMHO.  Using the index is the
> most general solution.

True, odd and even are rather specific but is that such a bad thing,
really? If the odd-even semantics are a common need, why not add
support for it in the language? I mean, why else would Ruby have
Array.each etc. instead of for (i=0; i < x; i++) which is clearly more
powerful in terms of all the things you can do with it?


-Lasse-