From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: doug@cs.dartmouth.edu (Doug McIlroy) Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2017 20:06:50 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] Unix stories, Stephen Bourne and IF-FI in C code Message-ID: <201701090106.v0916oha004909@coolidge.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> > if-fi and case-esac notation from Algol came to shell [via Steve Bourne] There was some pushback which resulted in the strange compromise of if-fi, case-esac, do-done. Alas, the details have slipped from memory. Help, scj? doug