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Post #57,751 by tablizer 10/18/02 11:20:43 PM Reply	I don't care about the 1970's, I hate them here and now That is a bunch of bolarky! There are plenty of non-semicolon languages that run just fine on UNIX. If semi's made stuff easier in the 70's, well, this is NOT the 70's. Get modern. I don't like semi's and work faster without the damned things. That is a FACT. If you like them, that is fine, but don't force them down everybody else's throat. ________________ oop.ismad.com
Post #57,775 by static 10/19/02 12:43:55 AM Reply	Simple solution. And that is don't use languages with semi-colons as statement terminators, if it bothers you so much. There's no need (or call) for you to insist that everyone subscribe to your view. I happen to intensely dislike identifiers with a leading underscore, but I can't make everyone stop using them. (Fortunately, it's less of an issue for me in PHP because of the leading $ on all variables.) Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #57,782 by deSitter 10/19/02 1:54:47 AM Reply	The Galileo of Computing! Sorry. It's really funny to watch you have a stroke over a stupid delimiter. Maybe we should replace it by a new character just for you - the "catastrophe". -drl
Post #58,195 by tablizer 10/22/02 2:32:44 AM Reply	Others complain too It's really funny to watch you have a stroke over a stupid delimiter. That happens to be the topic at hand. If you have Bertrand Meyer's OOSC2 you will see that others have found it problematic also. Page 897 partial quote: "The War of the Semicolon [title]....Two clans inhabit the computer world, and the hatred between them is as ferocious as it is ancient...." It is just one of those annoying things that keep slowing things down. I used Pascal extensively in College, and never did get used to semi's. Perhaps if all the langs I ever used only had semi's, then it would be a natural habit by now. However, I encounter a mix. If one keeps losing their car keys once every 2 weeks, then a combination-based lock starts to look pretty good (like the Nissan Maxima). BTW, some non-semi languages do NOT need VB-style dashes or continuation characters. Python and LISP come to mind. ________________ oop.ismad.com

Comments Invited on Adobe Javascript - (deSitter) - (40) - Oct. 1, 2002, 11:44:40 PM EDT

Why can't they pick a better language? - (ben_tilly) - (37) - Oct. 2, 2002, 06:25:28 AM EDT

I agree. - (static) - (4) - Oct. 2, 2002, 08:08:22 AM EDT

Re: I agree. - (deSitter) - (3) - Oct. 2, 2002, 09:48:51 AM EDT

Same language... - (ChrisR) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2002, 12:21:23 PM EDT

Re: Same language... - (deSitter) - Oct. 2, 2002, 12:44:40 PM EDT

I didn't look. - (static) - Oct. 2, 2002, 10:16:32 PM EDT

You Perl people must like... - (ChrisR) - (31) - Oct. 2, 2002, 03:03:22 PM EDT

not new vernacular but sigil doesnt mean sigil anymore? - (boxley) - Oct. 2, 2002, 04:19:33 PM EDT

I didn't invent it - (ben_tilly) - (29) - Oct. 2, 2002, 07:03:51 PM EDT

Re: I didn't invent it - (deSitter) - (28) - Oct. 2, 2002, 07:37:42 PM EDT

It isn't, necessarily - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Oct. 2, 2002, 07:55:24 PM EDT

Re: It isn't, necessarily - (deSitter) - (3) - Oct. 2, 2002, 07:58:33 PM EDT

Why is that wrong? - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 2, 2002, 08:03:32 PM EDT

Not me - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Oct. 3, 2002, 08:37:49 AM EDT

You've got life easy - (tonytib) - Oct. 5, 2002, 01:55:11 AM EDT

Not idiomatically. - (static) - (22) - Oct. 2, 2002, 10:19:07 PM EDT

In Perl they are dereferencing operators -NT - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 2, 2002, 10:26:22 PM EDT

semicolon rant IV - (tablizer) - (20) - Oct. 3, 2002, 01:43:33 AM EDT

Or you can use periods. - (tuberculosis) - (19) - Oct. 3, 2002, 08:41:17 AM EDT

re: periods - (tablizer) - (18) - Oct. 5, 2002, 12:40:32 AM EDT

re: periods - (deSitter) - (17) - Oct. 6, 2002, 06:29:49 PM EDT

Huh? -NT - (tablizer) - (16) - Oct. 8, 2002, 11:40:57 PM EDT

Re: Huh? - (deSitter) - (15) - Oct. 9, 2002, 11:59:35 AM EDT

Who is "everyone"? - (tablizer) - (5) - Oct. 17, 2002, 03:53:17 PM EDT

Once More With Feeling - (deSitter) - (4) - Oct. 17, 2002, 05:09:06 PM EDT

I don't care about the 1970's, I hate them here and now - (tablizer) - (3) - Oct. 18, 2002, 11:20:43 PM EDT

Simple solution. - (static) - Oct. 19, 2002, 12:43:55 AM EDT

The Galileo of Computing! - (deSitter) - (1) - Oct. 19, 2002, 01:54:47 AM EDT

Others complain too - (tablizer) - Oct. 22, 2002, 02:32:44 AM EDT

Wrong. - (admin) - (2) - Oct. 17, 2002, 05:12:06 PM EDT

Re: Wrong. - (deSitter) - (1) - Oct. 17, 2002, 05:34:53 PM EDT

This is a general trend - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 18, 2002, 07:25:31 AM EDT

Historical trivia that applies... - (hnick) - (5) - Oct. 17, 2002, 05:41:27 PM EDT

Nah, not Kernighan and Ritchie. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Oct. 17, 2002, 09:59:49 PM EDT

Right, Not K&R - (hnick) - (3) - Oct. 18, 2002, 08:13:04 AM EDT

Don't be. Sorry, I mean. -NT - (CRConrad) - Oct. 18, 2002, 08:30:21 AM EDT

Re: Right, Not K&R - (deSitter) - Oct. 18, 2002, 12:37:33 PM EDT

Actually, might it have been a "standard" to fit terminals? - (wharris2) - Oct. 21, 2002, 12:00:00 PM EDT

Initial Comments - (ChrisR) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2002, 06:26:07 PM EDT

Re: Initial Comments - (deSitter) - Oct. 7, 2002, 10:01:48 AM EDT

This is gonna blow up - like a coeliac at a bread festival.
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