Re: Algol-style semicolons

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From: Stephen Perelgut
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1988 15:09

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Another method of handling semi-colons is to not have them.  All you
need to do is terminate multi-part statements.  For example:
	if x then
	    s1
	    s2
	elsif y then
	    s3
	    s4
	else
	    s5
	end if

There are no ambiguities there!  And the only cost is terminating a statement.
For example: if/end if; for/end for; loop/end loop; case/end case; etc.
This also has the effect of making programs more readable.

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From: perelgut@turing.toronto.edu (Stephen Perelgut)
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Subject: Re: Algol-style semicolons
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Date: 16 Dec 88 15:09:08 GMT
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