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Re: building loops at the command line [message #42019 is a reply to message #42000]

Tue, 14 December 2004 13:52

George N. White III is currently offline

George N. White III
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, David Fanning wrote:

> russ writes:
>
>> Why not, just out of interest? I do it all the time because i can test
>> sections of code quickly without compiling and running. I am prepared
>> to believe there is some pitfall I am missing, but what is it?
>
> The annoyance that builds up when I single ampersand goes
> missing and you have to start over at the first line
> can get to a flash point. There are numerous reports
> in the literature of otherwise friendly dogs getting
> kicked, ear-shattering blasphemous screams, and -- in
> one instance--a marriage falling apart, as a result.

Then there are the informative error messages one gets with a little caret
pointing to the exact location of your error somewhere in half a screen of
wrapped text.

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George N. White III <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca>

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		building loops at the command line By: rlayberry on Tue, 14 December 2004 01:56
		Re: building loops at the command line By: George N. White III on Tue, 14 December 2004 13:52
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