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Re: XPL to xpl



Reply to note from harrybinswanger <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:46:08
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Harry,

> On CU vs. FOR, do I understand that your criticism is that FOR 
> does what CU does but so much more? Wouldn't that still warrant 
> replacing any XyWrite XPL-CU with XyScript-xpl FOR?

Generally speaking, yes. In some instances a WHILE construction might be preferable, but that's a
quibble.

> (And by "syntactic sugar" you mean it was a more compact way of 
> doing what we already did more verbosely in Xy 3+?)

Yes.

Keep us posted on your progress. (While throwing cold water with one hand, he asks for updates with
the other.)

-- 
Carl Distefano
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