"loop" can all be typed with one finger, as the letters are all together on the qwerty keyboard, and the "o" repeats itself.
reply"while" on qwerty is sort of a chore.
Usually for speed and avoiding strain you want to incorporate as many fingers as possible. In fact it's a common mark against dvorak online that "ls -l" is all typed with the right pinky (not an issue in the workman layout luckily).
replyUsing more fingers allows for faster typing.
replyw TAB in a properly configured emacs
replyI'm writing some Crystal (which has Ruby-like syntax) and I'd add `unless` to the list. I like it!
reply"Unless" feels like adding come-from (next to goto) to a language. A statement/flow should not change its meaning after being declared/written IMHO.
replyedit: My criticism is for the suffix version to be clear. Unless / else is actually cool.
`destroy_world() if $angry;` is Perl syntax. And Python has `destroy_word() if angry else live_long_and_prosper()`.
reply(But it's not remotely like come-from.)
P.S. in re the other response, "unless" is "if not". "until" is "while not".
wdym? "unless" is literally "while not", no come-from mechanics
reply`unless` came from Perl, Ruby adopted it, and so of course did Crystal.
replyYes, otherwise is more natural but less terse.
replyWe often write "otherwise" in mathematics:
replyhttps://arxiv.org/html/1501.05438v2#:~:text=otherwise,-%2C
https://arxiv.org/html/1302.5008v3#:~:text=otherwise
https://arxiv.org/html/1501.05438v2#:~:text=otherwise,-%2E
In fact, I think that's the most common alternative, not "else".
"or else" works too but that's still three extra characters
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