Re: Meaning of fi at the end of commands if and while

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Quick and clear answers,  I didn,t know there was a history about this.
Many thanks to you all.
Best regards

El dom, 29 dic 2024, 1:09, Yuri Kanivetsky <yuri.kanivetsky@gmail.com>
escribió:

> > But someone at the Bell Labs CSRC pointed out that there was already a
> > command called "od" (and there still is), and they refused to change its
> > name to accommodate Bourne's idea of symmetry.
>
> Wikipedia says it wasn't his idea.
>
> > In my opinion, Pascal-like keywords like "endif" would have been greatly
> > preferable and easier for novices to acquire, but it was considered good
> > fun around that time at the CSRC to punk on Pascal.
>
> Actually I liked the idea of the reverse keywords, which wasn't hard
> to acquire. But anyways, it's not like being easy for novices is the
> most important thing ever. By the way, the fact that it was borrowed
> from ALGOL, which I guess was pretty popular at the time... I wonder
> which was easier for novices...
>
> Regards,
> Yuri
>