Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mmintl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: "C" wish list. Message-ID: <742@mmintl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 15:35:12 EST Article-I.D.: mmintl.742 Posted: Mon Oct 28 15:35:12 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 31-Oct-85 22:54:12 EST References: <335@graffiti.UUCP> <895@rlvd.UUCP> Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT Lines: 20 Keywords: language design C C++ strong typing Summary: Another religious issue [Not food] In article <895@rlvd.UUCP> caag@rlvd.UUCP (Crispin Goswell) writes: > > 5. There are various parts of the syntax that I don't like: > 2. ;'s as statement terminators, I prefer the algol statement > separator. I disagree; I prefer ;'s as statement terminators. Trying to look at it objectively, I can see very little reason to prefer one or the other. I suspect most people prefer whichever they first dealt with. I am reasonably certain that essentially the same problem occurs either way: leaving them out when they are required, or inserting them when they are illegal. It is unreasonable to ask that there be no further discussion on this point. Let me at least ask that no further replies be made unless you have a reason for preferring one over the other. Frank Adams ihpn4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka Multimate International 52 Oakland Ave North E. Hartford, CT 06108