From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2002-03-28T00:49:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Difference between 'do' and 'begin'

james@rubyxml.com wrote:
> I'm tending towards "compound statement" or "compound expression" for
> begin/end

Its correct and clear, but it is also too big/hard to pronounce. Try
saying "block" ten times fast and then the same with "compound
statement". The first sounds like a chicken-impersonation, while the
second is a tounge twister...

In norwegian, I used "blokk" for "block" (fairly similar) and "kode
bolk" for compound statement, to diffrentiate between the two while
talking Ruby code.
I'm not sure what the last word is best translated as, as my dictionary
failed me. (But I keep thinking "bulk", despite how wierd it sounds.)

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