Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!zehntel!ihnp4!fortune!phipps From: phipps@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Algol-Style vs C-Style Semicolons Message-ID: <3506@fortune.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 14:25:46 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.3506 Posted: Fri Jun 1 14:25:46 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Jun-84 02:35:02 EDT References: <940@dciem.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 18 For one reference, see John D. Gannon and J. J. Horning: "Language Design For Programming Reliability", *IEEE Transactions On Software Engineering*, vol. SE-1, num. 2, June 1975, p. 179 .. 191. The difference in the semicolon errors is "an order of magnitude", in favor of PL/I-style (C-style for C chauvinists who don't know that PL/I did it earlier) semicolon usage, as stated on page 189 of this paper. The paper discusses issues more meaty than semicolon placement, by the way. -- Clay Phipps -- {cbosgd decvax!decwrl!amd70 harpo hplabs!hpda ihnp4 sri-unix ucbvax!amd70} !fortune!phipps