A case for while-until

Daniel P. Friedman; Stuart C. Shapiro

doi:10.1145/953224.953225

A case for while-until

Daniel P. Friedman
, Stuart C. Shapiro

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Indiana University Bloomington

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Abstract

A new control structure construct, the while-until, is introduced as a syntactic combination of the while and the until. Examples are shown indicating that use of the while-until can lead to structured programs that are conceptually more manageable than those attainable without it. The while-until statement is then extended to a valuereturning expression which is shown to be more powerful than either the while or the until.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-14
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACM SIGPLAN Notices
Volume	9
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/953224.953225
State	Published - Jan 7 1974

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