Warp wrote:
> 
> > Why do...until() instead of do...while()? Similar constructs, but
> > do...while() seems more common.
> 
>   Because #until is unambiguous to the parser.
>   When the POV-Ray parser sees the #do and a bit forward it sees a #while,
> it has no way of knowing whether the #while is ending the #do or whether
> it's starting a #while-loop.
>   Using #until completely disambiguates this.
> 

I'd use the pascal version:

#repeat

#until ()

this probably would avoid confusion when people simply assume it would
work like in C when they see a #do.

Christoph

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