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   db to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Implicit Semicolons And Statement-Co   
   09 Feb 24 15:49:37   
   
   From: dieterhansbritz@gmail.com   
      
   On 06.02.2024 04.04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > Fortran (in free-form mode) is now the third language I’ve come across   
   > that allows semicolons to terminate statements, but makes them   
   > optional (letting a newline do the job instead).   
   [...]   
      
   Pascal and Algol demand semicolons at the end of statements.   
   --   
   Dieter Britz   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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