no, it was just to be different. It can be anything. It can be <br><br>"wassup" or something ;)<br><br>Not sure if that explanation has any real meaning, I mean it makes a point, but "when" actually implies to me that it is slightly temporal (ie "when" means it will happen, at some point in time, where as "if" means it may or may not happen - neither of which are procedural/imperative).
<br><br>I think its ok to say IF, as people still say "if/then" for production rules, its not really confusing - perhaps we need another way to explain imperative versus declarative. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 2/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Proctor</b> <<a href="mailto:mproctor@codehaus.org">mproctor@codehaus.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I noticed that 'if' is used in the guided editor instead of 'when',
whats the reason for this? As currently I explain the use of 'when'
because it indicates its not procedular, where as 'if' is considered
part of a procedural logic flow. Will this confuse that explanation?<br>
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<img alt="'if' screen shot" src="cid:part1.03090602.01030308@codehaus.org" height="479" width="514"><br>
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Mark<br>
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