Re: The semicolon habit (was: Q: Definition

jan@neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Jan Vorbrueggen)
Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:46:27 GMT

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From: jan@neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Jan Vorbrueggen)
Keywords: syntax, design
Organization: Institut fuer Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany
References: 95-04-193 95-07-074
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:46:27 GMT

Bertrand Meyer <bertrand@eiffel.com> writes:


      The concept of free-form syntax is widely spread and widely appreciated.


Wide spread, certainly. Appreciated? For a perversion of free-form, examine
TANGLE's output of something like TeX. I would consider it incomprehensible.
(Probably showed up quite a few bugs in the parser's of PASCAL compilers when
it first was released on an unsuspecting world...)


Jan
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