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- From: will@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Will Morse)
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- Subject: Re: PROGRAMERS OF ANY LANGUAGE
- Date: 9 Apr 1996 13:55:22 -0500
- Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. +1 713 968 5800
- Message-ID: <4kebqq$4qs@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
- References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960329010021.13209A-100000@harvey> <4k4pl2$pea@host1.einstein.com.ar> <316A6189.4287@wight.hursley.ibm.com>
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- In article <316A6189.4287@wight.hursley.ibm.com>,
- Max Waterman <max@lton.u-net.com> wrote:
- >Javier Kohen wrote:
- >>
- >> Drew <aellis@harvey> wrote:
- >>
- >> > I am trying to document the pros and cons of the different
- >> >languages. Would you please e-mail me and tell me some of the things you
- >> >like or dislike about them.
- >>
- [ snip ]
- >> Why use begin/end instead of {/} ?
- >
- >Why use {/} ? Why not just get the compiler to recognise the indentation?
- >Does anyone out there not indent and extra width for a block? It's rare to
- >get the indentation wrong but it's common to forget to put the {/}s in -
- >especially when changing code.
- >
- >Any comments?
- >
-
- I like to use {/} because vi, among others, lets me find the matching
- }/{ using the % key.
-
- Will
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