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 Michael S to All 
 Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { } 
 31 Jan 26 18:26:19 
 
From: already5chosen@yahoo.com

On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:53:09 +0000
Tristan Wibberley 
wrote:

> On 28/01/2026 17:54, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> > Keith Thompson  writes:
> >
> >> Tim Rentsch  writes:
>
> >> In my opinion, keeping a function's definition and declarations
> >> consistent is absolutely worth it, even if the language might not
> >> require it.
> >
> > Without some sort of accompanying rationale, this unadorned
> > statement of opinion conveys no useful information.
>
> That's an ironically appropriate use of "this". If you'd said "that"
> it wouldn't have been true.
>
>

Care to elaborate for the benifit of non-native English readers?
Personally, in this particular context, I don't see how 'this' carries
different meaning from 'that'.

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