Re: Regarding EVALUATE TRUE

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:24:02 -0700, Alistair
<alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

All this talk about Evaluate has forced me to go and look up the verb
in the Fujitsu manual. After much digging it seems that my worst fears
have been denied: the evaluate does not drop through to subsequent
Whens once one When has been satisfied. Unlike some other language (I
shall refrain from mentioning) where a similar verb does drop through
to a subsequent case and may execute it. Phew.

Both options can be useful - and some languages give us both options.
.

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