C bites / programming style

[Reid Spencer]

In article <1370 at brl-tgr.ARPA> DHowell.ES at XEROX.ARPA writes:
>Personally, I don't really like the {} braces of C, nor the "begin..end"
>of Pascal and its relatives.  This is one thing that Ada has going for
>it with its "if..then..endif" style.
>
>I like to use these definitions:
>
>#define IF if(
>#define THEN ){
>#define ELSE }else{
>#define ENDIF }
>
>Then I can write
>
>...
>IF condition THEN
>  statement_1
>ELSE
>  statement_2
>ENDIF
>...
>
>Which I think is much cleaner than anything using braces or begin..end.
>(Gee, I should write my own language)
>
>Dan <DHowell.ES at Xerox.ARPA>
>
>Disclaimer: I'm having a hard time finding anyone who has my opinions
>besides me.


Hey, don't get so down on yourself. I'm in favour of what you have 
suggested. How about the following:

#define cycle for(;;) {
#define endcycle }

#define then {
#define otherwise } else {
#define elseif } else if 
#define endif }

#define exitwhen(exp) if (exp) break;
#define exitunless(exp) if (!(exp)) break;

We can then write

  cycle
      exitwhen(cond1)
      if (cond2) then
          stuff1
      elseif (cond3) then
          stuff2
      otherwise
         stuff3
      endif
  endcycle