while: wend

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"WHILE... WEND" was the only provided way by GW-BASIC to do loops without relying on "GOSUB/RETURN" and "GOTO".

Nope! For... Next was in there first even before While... Wend

Dartmouth BASIC - Wikipededia

List of BASIC statements
DEF
define single line functions
DIM
(short for dimension) define the size of arrays
END
define the end of the program
STOP
stop a program before the textual end
FOR / TO / STEP
define loops
NEXT
mark the end of loops
GOSUB
transfer control to simple subroutines
RETURN
return control from simple subroutines
GOTO
transfer control to another statement
IF / THEN
decision making
LET / =
assign formula results to a variable
PRINT
output results
DATA
store static data within the program
READ
input data stored in DATA statements
REM
comment ("REMark")