Talk:Loop-and-a-half

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Neologism[edit]

The topic is valuable, but the loop and a half is not a recognized term of art. Knuth doesn't use these words. McConnell doesn't use these words. Astrachan does, but does not claim it as a definition. The topic is worth a mention in a structured programming class or in While loop, an article worthy of improvement. A loop and a half is merely an incarnation of a while loop with exit in the middle. The term doesn't even appear in the Free online dictionary of computing. One mention does not make a new definition. Rhadow (talk) 09:39, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rhadow, your breed of "editors" is why I always dearly regret trying to contribute to Wikipedia. I am deleting the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BarbarianAtTheGates (talk • contribs) 12:07, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello BarbarianAtTheGates, don't delete it. Add it to While loop and redirect. That way you get credit for a new article. Rhadow (talk) 13:32, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I support the merge proposal, this article should redirect to a section on the subject in While loop. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 01:09, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]