On 08/10/2017 11:29 PM, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:54 pm, Mikhail V wrote: > >> but at a first glance, "while" reads as "if" as in english. > > In English the two words don't mean the same thing. But actually in some contexts they really do seem to mean the same thing:
Make hay while the sun shines. If it's sunny, make hay. Essentially the same meaning, though we can argue whether "while" implies some kind of long-running activity that the if does not. Particularly people who are learning English may not even see the difference between while and if as far as a logical statement, similar to the ones above, goes. > > That's why > > if foo: > ... > > > and > > while foo: > ... > > > are different. In computer languages, sure. Spoken language is certainly not so clear cut. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
