On Wednesday 01 September 2010 18:06:37 Brandon McCaig wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Uri Guttman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > but i never use until anyhow. i use unless a fair amount as i don't like
> > if ( ! EXPR). my current boss has asked me to stop using unless but i am
> > not stopping.
>
> It seems silly to use unless, but never use until. :) I think both
> make the code more clean and readable, at least for native English
> speakers.
Well, I can testify that unless makes the code more confusing for me as a non-
native speaker of English. Whenever I encounter an unless, I have to say to
myself: "OK, this translates to if (not COND()) which means this and that.".
Maybe it's because Hebrew does not have a commonly used word for "Unless" (we
have "Ilmalé" but it's not in common use.) and we say "If not" instead. So I
never "unless" in my code - only "if (!)".
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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