Re^7: Operator precedence

To me statement if expression; reads as utter crap.

Hm. I find 'Pick up a bottle of duty free Scotch if you have time' and 'If you have time, pick up a bottle of duty free Scotch' completely interchangeable.

And 'beat the egg whites until they form soft peaks', infinitely preferable to 'until they form soft peaks; beat the egg whites';

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Re^8: Operator precedence by Tux (Canon) on Jan 20, 2013 at 18:49 UTC
With the Scotch example, I definitely prefer the second sentence. With the first, my hopes on a good single malt are trashed when hitting "if" :) `until` in there is a loop condition, not a single point of decision condition. Maybe that is what is important to my brain. The condition is most likely checked several times. My native language however is not English, so that might be of influence. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^8: Operator precedence
by Tux (Canon) on Jan 20, 2013 at 18:49 UTC

With the Scotch example, I definitely prefer the second sentence. With the first, my hopes on a good single malt are trashed when hitting "if" :)

until in there is a loop condition, not a single point of decision condition. Maybe that is what is important to my brain. The condition is most likely checked several times. My native language however is not English, so that might be of influence.

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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