From: Peter Hickman <peter@...>
Date: 2002-12-06T18:47:44+09:00
Subject: Re: elseif?

Mike Hall wrote:
> Seems like adding an 'elseif' alias is a simple and
> forward-looking thing to do.  Drop 'elsif' some day.

So let see if I get this right...

1) People complain that they have to use 'elsif' and not 'elseif'
2) Some one says something like "Seems like adding an 'elseif' alias is
    a simple and forward-looking thing to do.  Drop 'elsif' some day."
3) An alias for 'elseif' is created
4) Later 'elsif' is dropped
5) People complain that they have to use 'elseif' and not 'elsif'
6) Some one says something like "Seems like adding an 'elsif' alias is
    a simple and forward-looking thing to do.  Drop 'elseif' some day."
7) An alias for 'elsif' is created
8) Later 'elseif' is dropped
9) Repeat until no one has the faintest idea what is going on

OR

Learn to type elsif (it is really quite trivial) or learn to use m4 or 
write you own rubypp.

You realise of course that the existence 'elseif' will upset people just 
as much as the non existence of 'elseif' upsets the others. You just 
can't win with situations like this. Children are notorious for whinging 
if they dont get their way and equally for whinging if someone else gets 
theirs.

Best not go there eh?