PoD wrote:
> 
> Some aspects of the language which relate purely to programming could be
> changed or (probably better) extended without affecting those who don't
> use them.
> 
> For a non-programmer or a programmer , macros, loops etc are a lot
> harder in POV than the equivalents in most programming languages.
> 
> Surely replacing
>   #declare I=1; #while(I<=5) ... #declare I=I+1;#end
> with either
>   for I = 1 to 5 {...}
> ala Basic, or even for a non-programmer,
>   for( I=1; I <= 5; I=I+1){...}
> would make life easier for all.

	So what is the difference other than a different syntax? The 123
ways to create a loop? They all do the same thing in the end.
Even step = 3 with I=I+3. 

	Introducing additional syntaxes raises more problems than it
solves. With one elementary syntax that can do everything there
isn't nearly as much to read and a hundred fewer places for
parser differences to creep in. 

	Next, complex conditional if then else statements. Can GOTO be
far behind?

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