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Now that's just silly. And I see the backwards keyword terminators (LOOP/POOL). I have wondered why we have case/esac, if/fi but while/done. I imagine the auth

by sph 2y ago

Now that's just silly. And I see the backwards keyword terminators (LOOP/POOL). I have wondered why we have case/esac, if/fi but while/done. I imagine the author himself figured that while/elihw would just be entirely ridiculous.

pavlov 2y ago
Just call it wyl/lyw. Pronunciation maintained, problem solved.
giucal 2y ago
> I have wondered why we have case/esac, if/fi but while/done. With the reverse-keyword convention we'd get "od", not "elihw", though. while ... for ... do do ... ... od od The 'od' utility already existed, apparently, so Bourne opted for "done". [edit: typos]
- epcoa 2y ago
  No, there’s OD. DONE is different but no less perverse.