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"Do your homework" doesn't imply a loop either. Nor does "This could take a while" It should not be a shock that the english language doesn't naturally have a

• UIZealot 6y ago
  > "Do your homework" doesn't imply a loop either. But "for these subjects, do your home work" does. > Nor does "This could take a while" I never claimed that "while" alone is any better. > It should not be a shock that the english language doesn't naturally have a single word that can express both a condition/duration as well as a command without any other helper words. I never asked for a magic word. To the contrary, I was lamenting the lost of the helper word "do", making the "for" alone nonsensical. > Do is superfluous. Everything in an imperative program is a request to do something. I disagree. I think "for...do" makes things much clearer than "for" alone.