Fully Bracketed Syntax

[Carel Fellinger]

Neel Krishnaswami <neelk at brick.cswv.com> wrote:

> Dylan uses this style, but Modula-2 uses the Pascal BEGIN/END style.

It has been a long time since I used Modula-2, but if memory serves me
right... and indeed according to my copy of the 3e edition of Wirth's
"Progr. in Modula-2" it sure does (okee, it uses END instead of ENDIF:)

> Now to break a trend, and supply some real numbers (this is a slightly
> edited version of a post I've made before -- I'd be willing to submit
> it to the FAQ...):

... nice point snipped

I liked this reasening before, and I like it now, so IMHO it does
deserve to be part of the FAQ on whitespace eating nanovirusses.


-- 
groetjes, carel