Re: The semicolon habit (was: Q: Definition

cbloom@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu (CHARLES BLOOM) wrote:
>[ semicolon vs. indentation-sensitive ] :
>if a semi-colon appears, the compiler reads that as "end-of-line" and
>starts processing a new line.
>if a '\n' (newline) appears, the compiler also reads that as
> "end-of-line".


This is how the proprietary, dBase-descendant Clipper language does it, so
there's no technical reason why it can't be done. Asthetically speaking,
though...


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