Super BASIC coding style for Minerva

[tcat]

Hi,

Interestingly `ELSEIF' appeared in `Oberon' Language as a single word (Pascal / Modula had it as two words `ELSE IF'). This simplifies `Oberon' language implementation while offering object features at no extra big expense, unlike c++.

Tomas

[tofro]

I'm a bit at loss on where you guys seem to see a difference (apart from the <space> character) between an ELSEIF and an ELSE IF?

Tobias

[swensont]

> I'm a bit at loss on where you guys seem to see a difference (apart from the <space> character) between an ELSEIF and an ELSE IF?

Well, ELSEIF and ELSE IF are different. In Bourne/Korn shell, IF statements don't have END IF, but FI (IF backwards) and CASE ends with ESAC (CASE backwards). Both of these drive me crazy and I prefer C shell where IF ends with ENDIF.

We all have our pet peeves when it comes to languages and structures.

Tim Swenson

[tcat]

Hi,

IF [expression] THEN [command]
ELSIF [expression] THEN [command]
ELSIF [expression] THEN [command]
...
ELSE [command]
END.

ELSEIF is an extra word to ELSE in the `Oberon' construct so the lexical analyser has easier job.

Tomas

[tofro]

ELSEIF is an extra word to ELSE in the `Oberon' construct so the lexical analyser has easier job.

That might or might not be easier, depending on the implementation of the lexer.

ql_freak, however, was pointing out a missing ELSEIF as a "missing feature of the S*Basic language". That's what I object to.

Tobias