Re: [Scheme-reports] when and unless

[Eli Barzilay <eli@x>]

Four minutes ago, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote:
> On 05/20/11 10:31, Pierpaolo Bernardi wrote:
> 
> > Also, while and until macros encourage bad habits.  Do we want to
> > attract beginners by making them write fortran code in
> > parentheses?
> 
> FWIW, I never use while and until... I just reach for the named let.
> It's general, so I only have to remember how it works once.

Named lets have another advantage -- they don't make side effects
necessary like while/until loops.

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