Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!doug-merritt From: doug-merritt@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Draco keywords Message-ID: <6801@cup.portal.com> Date: 23 Jun 88 15:48:55 GMT References: <1809@van-bc.UUCP> <337@uwslh.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 17 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.4407 Larry Philips writes: > if( glarch!=snafu ){ > printf("Hello world!"); > } /* if( glarch!=snafu ) */ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I often do this too, and I find that the condition is the important part. I.e. if C used "if" and "fi", I'd still do it, because "fi" is trivial information, while "glarch!=snafu" is useful. Matching begin-block with end-block is relatively easy regardless of language (well, ok, in Lisp it can get hairy...) Doug -- Doug Merritt ucbvax!sun.com!cup.portal.com!doug-merritt or ucbvax!eris!doug (doug@eris.berkeley.edu) or ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug