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Subject: Re: Discussion on removing punctuation in programming languages
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Date: Mon, 20-Oct-86 00:17:50 EDT
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   I disagree! I think the subtleties of a programming languages SHOULD be
designed for the compiler writer and associated compiler in mind. A language
description should be such that the compiler can report the best description
of errors, report the most errors in a single compile session, and aid in
optimization.
             My problem is that semicolons is not the way to do this.

                                                          dave


Apology: Sorry I touched such a hot topic to begin with, those growing tired
can hurl abuse at me, but then again what else is there to talk about....