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From: edgar@shape.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
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Subject: Re: ';' inserted (Re: MPW wish list)
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Date: 9 Feb 90 17:57:29 GMT
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Long ago I used IBM's PL/I compiler on a 360-type machine.
It had this feature: when there is a syntax error, the compiler
"guesses" what was intended, and goes on.  However, my experience was
that it always guessed wrong ...

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