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While we're being pedantic, "do" is a terrible keyword. I mean, everything in an imperitive program is a request to "do" something. And "do ... while(x)" is a

While we're being pedantic, "do" is a terrible keyword. I mean, everything in an imperitive program is a request to "do" something. And "do ... while(x)" is a terrible construct because it hides the loop complexity far from the place where a programmer needs to see it.

boomlinde 6y ago
The condition of a C-like do/while loop is exactly where the programmer needs to see it: where it's evaluated. Same with the plain while loop.
UIZealot 6y ago
> "do" is a terrible keyword. Not at all. "do" helps a lot to make the code read like English and thus more understandable.