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Re: Block Closure

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From: Silver
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1988 23:01
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firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes:
> It seems clearly desirable that every control construct be able to
> contain multiple statements, embedded within clear starting and
> ending delimiters.

I find these delimiters an annoying eyesore at best.  I usually write
algorithms without them, using indentation show heirarchy.  I only
include them in fulfillment of a target language's definition.  In
fact, there are languages whose heirarchical structure is determined
solely by indentation (the only one that comes to mind is
josh@rutgers.edu's CAML, still under development).

Regards,
[Ag]
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From: gaynor@porthos.rutgers.edu (Silver)
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Subject: Re: Block Closure
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Date: 18 Apr 88 23:01:08 GMT
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