"Command" as control structure?

[Jeanne A. E. DeVoto]

At 1:20 PM -0700 9/25/2016, Peter Bogdanoff wrote:
>I see that "command" is a synonym of "on" in LC script.
>
>Is using "command" rather than "on" a purely style preference?
>
>I see in the old LiveCode dictionary:
>	The command synonym, along with the ability to declare 
>private handlers was added in LiveCode 2.8.1
>
>Why? Is this something to do with the message path?


Some people prefer to use "on" for handlers of built-in messages, and 
"command" to designate custom-written commands:

    on mouseUp
       -- do some stuff when the mouse is clicked
    end mouseUp

   command myCommandHere
      -- do my stuff
   end myCommandHere

It's just a style preference - as far as I know, it has no effect on 
how handlers run - but it can be convenient for differentiating 
between the two types of handlers.