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From: igl@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Ian Glendinning)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: improve language by dropping ;
Message-ID: <6968@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: 27 Feb 91 15:45:47 GMT
References: <27@<8507> <21900005@inmet> <UUEO3RO@math.fu-berlin.de>
Organization: University of Southampton, UK
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In <UUEO3RO@math.fu-berlin.de> dww@math.fu-berlin.de (Debora Weber-Wulff) writes:

>Try finding out (without using a ruler or other aid) to which
>block the last statement belongs:

>SEQ
>  x := 1
>  SEQ
>    x := x + y
>    PAR
>      y := y - 1
>      x := x - 1
       ...  all kinds of stuff in here
       ...  lots more stuff tucked away in here
>      -- Which one?

Easy when you have a folding editor, isn't it?  No one in their right
mind would try to read a 'flat' occam program of any non-trivial
nature.  In fact, I wouldn't write code in *any* language without one
nowadays.  If don't have one already, you can get a copy the Origami
folding editor sources (C version, for Unix) by sending a message
containing the following lines:

archiver tar
pack compress
send origamic

to archive-server@inmos.com

A Turbo Pascal version and PC executable version can be obtained from
the same place.  Full information about the server can be obtained by
sending a message containing a single line saying "help" (no quotes).

Enjoy!
--
I.Glendinning@ecs.soton.ac.uk        Ian Glendinning
Tel: +44 703 593081                  Electronics and Computer Science
Fax: +44 703 593045                  University of Southampton SO9 5NH England