RE: Do Forever (was: read on a do loop)

I was more concerned with the explicit dou hell_freezes_over type of
loop and responded to your post because it was the most recent in the
thread.  While the BOTPR does view the cycle as essentially Satanic,
it's for entirely different reasons. <g> We Brotherhood initiates are
taught from the beginning to be totally intolerant of any approach to
programming that goes against (our) established doctrine. 

Seriously, I don't want to start a cycle vs. non cycle discussion and
didn't want my comment to be interpreted as anti-cycle. 


<><><>-----Original Message-----
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<><><>[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James
<><><>H H Lampert
<><><>Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 2:44 PM
<><><>To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
<><><>Subject: Re: Do Forever (was: read on a do loop)
<><><>
<><><>"Joel Fritz" <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<><><>> I'm very late on this one, but I could never understand the
<><><>> intentional infinite loop with the exit point(s) defined inside.
<><><>
<><><>Well, technically, The Cycle is not an "intentional
<><><>infinite loop," so much as a "DO UNTIL LR" loop.
<><><>
<><><>And since when is using something built into the language
<><><>an "evil masterplan"? It's hardly in the same class as
<><><>intentionally writing software to be incompatible with
<><><>older hardware, given that riding around on The Cycle has
<><><>been an inherent part of RPG since its inception, and
<><><>non-cycle-based RPG techniques are the relative newcomer.
<><><>
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<><><>JHHL
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