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   dxf to All   
   Re: LOOP   
   28 Jun 25 22:41:41   
   
   From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   FOR/NEXT DO/LOOP wars have raged ever since Moore introduced the former.   
   Here's a [cold] blast from the past...   
      
     Minutes of the FIGGY BAR RT Conference.   
      
     Date: 11/16/89   Time: 22:36EST   
      
     <[Wil] W.BADEN1> DO/LOOP will never be as efficient as FOR/NEXT.   
     <[Wil] W.BADEN1> FOR/NEXT will never be as effective as DO/LOOP.   
      
     Date: 06/28/90   Time: 22:32EDT   
      
     <[Wil] W.BADEN1> Chuck walked out of ANSI becuz it wudn't make   
        FOR...NEXT required.   
     <[Wil] W.BADEN1> That was 1988.  And the operative word is "required."   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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