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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.lang
Subject: Re: Discussion on removing punctuation in programming languages
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Date: Sun, 12-Oct-86 00:22:56 EDT
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Punctuation is a very natural part of any language computer or
natural the reason nearly all computer languages use such syntactic
convetions either explicit by ending the statements in semicolons
periods or by enclosing them in parenthesis or implied by using end
of card or line is because this is the way most printed natural
languages work I have never seen any attempt to simplify English
language by leaving out the punctuation it makes for easier understanding
of the printed word for humans and punctuation in computer programs makes
understanding easier for both the programmer and the program

-Ron