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I hadn't thought about it before, but I'd have gone with: > IF THEN OTHERWISE Which avoids overloading OR and maintains better grammar. But I suspect shorter

I hadn't thought about it before, but I'd have gone with: > IF THEN OTHERWISE Which avoids overloading OR and maintains better grammar. But I suspect shorter words were preferable when space was a premium everywhere not least on the display itself.

Y_Y 4y ago
WHEREUPON x PURSUANT y CONTRARIWISE z
- irrational 4y ago
  Wherefore art thou utilizing contrarwise? Dost thy senses leave thee?
  - Smaug123 4y ago
    twitch "Utilize" first arose in 1807 if Merriam-Webster is to be believed, well past the period you're quoting; and "dost" should agree with the number of its noun "senses". ("dost" is second-person, but you need something third-person.) In this context I also don't really like the continuous present of "are you utilizing", but I can't put words to why. I believe "hast thou taken leave of thy senses" is actually recorded to be idiomatic. By the way, ChatGPT suggests (where I've fixed its analogous error in the word "doth"): > Pray tell, wherefore dost thou employ the term 'contrariwise'?
- matheusmoreira 4y ago
  I remember saving this code from somewhere. #include <stdio.h> #define PREACH printf #define SHOULD_GOD_WILL if #define EACH_AND_EVERY_CREATURE_UNDER_GODS_LIGHT for #define OTHERWISE else #define RETRIBUTE return #define ALONG_WITH && #define THUS } #define LET { int main() LET EACH_AND_EVERY_CREATURE_UNDER_GODS_LIGHT (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) LET SHOULD_GOD_WILL (i % 5 == 0 ALONG_WITH i % 3 == 0) LET PREACH("Fizzbuzz!\n"); THUS OTHERWISE SHOULD_GOD_WILL (i % 5 == 0) LET PREACH("Buzz!\n"); THUS OTHERWISE SHOULD_GOD_WILL (i % 3 == 0) LET PREACH("Fizz!\n"); THUS OTHERWISE PREACH("%d\n", i); THUS RETRIBUTE 0; THUS
jolmg 4y ago
Haskell uses `otherwise`. Example use: greater x y | x > y = x | otherwise = y In Haskell's case, this is a conditional syntax that's alternative to if-then-else, so `else` was already taken. `otherwise` is just a conventional constant for `True` that's chosen for readability.
- Y_Y 4y ago
  Which lets you write gems like: if otherwise then not
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Y_Y 4y ago

WHEREUPON x PURSUANT y CONTRARIWISE z

irrational 4y ago
Wherefore art thou utilizing contrarwise? Dost thy senses leave thee?
- Smaug123 4y ago
  twitch "Utilize" first arose in 1807 if Merriam-Webster is to be believed, well past the period you're quoting; and "dost" should agree with the number of its noun "senses". ("dost" is second-person, but you need something third-person.) In this context I also don't really like the continuous present of "are you utilizing", but I can't put words to why. I believe "hast thou taken leave of thy senses" is actually recorded to be idiomatic. By the way, ChatGPT suggests (where I've fixed its analogous error in the word "doth"): > Pray tell, wherefore dost thou employ the term 'contrariwise'?
matheusmoreira 4y ago
I remember saving this code from somewhere. #include <stdio.h> #define PREACH printf #define SHOULD_GOD_WILL if #define EACH_AND_EVERY_CREATURE_UNDER_GODS_LIGHT for #define OTHERWISE else #define RETRIBUTE return #define ALONG_WITH && #define THUS } #define LET { int main() LET EACH_AND_EVERY_CREATURE_UNDER_GODS_LIGHT (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) LET SHOULD_GOD_WILL (i % 5 == 0 ALONG_WITH i % 3 == 0) LET PREACH("Fizzbuzz!\n"); THUS OTHERWISE SHOULD_GOD_WILL (i % 5 == 0) LET PREACH("Buzz!\n"); THUS OTHERWISE SHOULD_GOD_WILL (i % 3 == 0) LET PREACH("Fizz!\n"); THUS OTHERWISE PREACH("%d\n", i); THUS RETRIBUTE 0; THUS

jolmg 4y ago

Haskell uses `otherwise`. Example use: greater x y | x > y = x | otherwise = y In Haskell's case, this is a conditional syntax that's alternative to if-then-else, so `else` was already taken. `otherwise` is just a conventional constant for `True` that's chosen for readability.

Y_Y 4y ago
Which lets you write gems like: if otherwise then not
- deleted 4y ago
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