| From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Suggested patch to plpgsql docs (7.4beta) |
| Date: | 2003-09-04 06:23:07 |
| Message-ID: | 200309040723.07330.dev@archonet.com |
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On Thursday 04 September 2003 04:32, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > I figured everyone would assume that. I know of no language that will
> > execute a loop listed as 10 ... 1.
I did assume that, then my paranoia kicked in suggesting it might be
constructing a list of values and stepping through them. The only reason I
could think it should behave like a while loop is that, well, all the others
do.
> Fortran N for N < something-or-other. I think Richard is betraying
> his age ;-)
And how DARE you Tom - I clearly meant DotJavaWebSysNet or something trendy
like that and not some crufty version of BASIC from my 6502 days....;-)
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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