diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
index f73e2c0e1e69f..1b565f399db11 100644
--- a/base/array.jl
+++ b/base/array.jl
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ length(a::Array) = arraylen(a)
 
 ## copy ##
 
-function copy_to{T}(dest::Array{T}, do, src::Array{T}, so, N)
-    if so+N-1 > numel(src) || do+N-1 > numel(dest) || do < 1 || so < 1
+function copy_to{T}(dest::Array{T}, dsto, src::Array{T}, so, N)
+    if so+N-1 > numel(src) || dsto+N-1 > numel(dest) || dsto < 1 || so < 1
         throw(BoundsError())
     end
     if isa(T, BitsKind)
         ccall(:memcpy, Ptr{Void}, (Ptr{Void}, Ptr{Void}, Uint),
-              pointer(dest, do), pointer(src, so), N*sizeof(T))
+              pointer(dest, dsto), pointer(src, so), N*sizeof(T))
     else
         for i=0:N-1
-            dest[i+do] = src[i+so]
+            dest[i+dsto] = src[i+so]
         end
     end
     return dest
diff --git a/contrib/julia-mode.el b/contrib/julia-mode.el
index 1f239d5b0636e..bd1bfc1d979c9 100644
--- a/contrib/julia-mode.el
+++ b/contrib/julia-mode.el
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
           '("if" "else" "elseif" "while" "for" "begin" "end" "quote"
             "try" "catch" "return" "local" "abstract" "function" "macro" "ccall"
 	    "typealias" "break" "continue" "type" "global" "@\\w+"
-	    "module" "import" "export" "const" "let" "bitstype")
+	    "module" "import" "export" "const" "let" "bitstype" "do")
           "\\|") "\\)\\>")
      'font-lock-keyword-face)
     '("\\<\\(true\\|false\\|C_NULL\\|Inf\\|NaN\\|Inf32\\|NaN32\\)\\>" . font-lock-constant-face)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
 (defconst julia-block-start-keywords
   (list "if" "while" "for" "begin" "try" "function" "type" "let" "macro"
-	"quote"))
+	"quote" "do"))
 
 (defconst julia-block-other-keywords
   (list "else" "elseif"))
diff --git a/src/julia-parser.scm b/src/julia-parser.scm
index a6374c01e3dce..fc89225c530f6 100644
--- a/src/julia-parser.scm
+++ b/src/julia-parser.scm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 (define reserved-words '(begin while if for try return break continue
 			 function macro quote let local global const
 			 abstract typealias type bitstype
-			 module import export ccall))
+			 module import export ccall do))
 
 (define (syntactic-op? op) (memq op syntactic-operators))
 (define (syntactic-unary-op? op) (memq op syntactic-unary-operators))
@@ -622,7 +622,12 @@
 		ex
 		(case t
 		  ((#\( )   (take-token s)
-		   (loop (list* 'call ex (parse-arglist s #\) ))))
+		   (let ((al (parse-arglist s #\) )))
+		     (if (eq? (peek-token s) 'do)
+			 (begin
+			   (take-token s)
+			   (loop `(call ,ex ,(parse-do s) ,@al)))
+			 (loop `(call ,ex ,@al)))))
 		  ((#\[ )   (take-token s)
 	           ; ref is syntax, so we can distinguish
 	           ; a[i] = x  from
@@ -656,16 +661,20 @@
 
 ;(define (parse-dot s)  (parse-LtoR s parse-atom (prec-ops 13)))
 
+(define expect-end-current-line 0)
+
+(define (expect-end- s word)
+  (let ((t (peek-token s)))
+    (if (eq? t 'end)
+	(take-token s)
+	(error (string "incomplete: " word " at "
+		       current-filename ":" expect-end-current-line
+		       " requires end")))))
+
 ; parse expressions or blocks introduced by syntactic reserved words
 (define (parse-resword s word)
-  (define current-line (input-port-line (ts:port s)))
-  (define (expect-end s)
-    (let ((t (peek-token s)))
-      (if (eq? t 'end)
-	  (take-token s)
-	  (error (string "incomplete: " word " at "
-			 current-filename ":" current-line
-			 " requires end")))))
+  (set! expect-end-current-line (input-port-line (ts:port s)))
+  (define (expect-end s) (expect-end- s word))
   (with-normal-ops
   (without-whitespace-newline
   (case word
@@ -815,8 +824,17 @@
 	   ;; place (callingconv) at end of arglist
 	   `(ccall ,(car al) ,@(cddr al) (,(cadr al)))
 	   `(ccall ,.al))))
+    ((do)
+     (error "invalid do syntax"))
     (else (error "unhandled reserved word"))))))
 
+(define (parse-do s)
+  (set! expect-end-current-line (input-port-line (ts:port s)))
+  (let ((doargs (parse-comma-separated-assignments s)))
+    `(-> (tuple ,@doargs)
+	 ,(begin0 (parse-block s)
+		  (expect-end- s 'do)))))
+
 ; parse comma-separated assignments, like "i=1:n,j=1:m,..."
 (define (parse-comma-separated-assignments s)
   (let loop ((ranges '()))
diff --git a/src/julia-syntax.scm b/src/julia-syntax.scm
index 305c66d74cf7d..b58453a43320e 100644
--- a/src/julia-syntax.scm
+++ b/src/julia-syntax.scm
@@ -1003,28 +1003,6 @@
 
    )) ; patterns
 
-; patterns that verify all syntactic sugar was well-formed
-; if any sugary forms remain after the above patterns, it means the
-; patterns didn't match, which implies a syntax error.
-(define check-desugared
-  (pattern-set
-   (pattern-lambda (function . any)
-		   (error "invalid function definition"))
-
-   (pattern-lambda (for . any)
-		   (error "invalid for loop syntax"))
-
-   (pattern-lambda (type . any)
-		   (error "invalid type definition"))
-
-   (pattern-lambda (typealias . any)
-		   (error "invalid typealias statement"))
-
-   (pattern-lambda (macro . any)
-		   (error "macros must be defined at the top level"))
-
-   ))
-
 ;; Comprehensions
 
 (define (lower-nd-comprehension expr ranges)