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From: DHowell.ES@Xerox.ARPA
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Subject: Re: C bites / programming style
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 20:06:44 EDT
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Personally, I don't really like the {} braces of C, nor the "begin..end"
of Pascal and its relatives.  This is one thing that Ada has going for
it with its "if..then..endif" style.

I like to use these definitions:

#define IF if(
#define THEN ){
#define ELSE }else{
#define ENDIF }

Then I can write

...
IF condition THEN
  statement_1
ELSE
  statement_2
ENDIF
...

Which I think is much cleaner than anything using braces or begin..end.
(Gee, I should write my own language)

Dan <DHowell.ES@Xerox.ARPA>

Disclaimer: I'm having a hard time finding anyone who has my opinions
besides me.