Amusing article from 1981 on Babbage - The [programming] language of the future
For years, programming languages have used "FOR," "DO UNTIL," "DO WHILE," etc. to mean "LOOP." Continuing with this trend, Babbage offers the following loop statements:
DON'T DO WHILE NOT - This loop is not executed if the test condition is not false (or if it's Friday afternoon).
DIDN'T DO - The loop executes once and hides all traces.
CAN'T DO - The loop is pooped.
DO-WAH - Used to write timing loops for computer-generated music (Rag Timing).
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