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Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All

Re: Implicit Semicolons And Statement-Co

09 Feb 24 21:26:53

   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 15:49:37 +0100, db wrote:   
      
   > Pascal and Algol demand semicolons at the end of statements.   
      
   No they don’t. In those languages, semicolons are statement separators,   
   not statement terminators.   
      
   Pascal requires them at the end of declarations, of everything except the   
   main program, which ends with a full stop.   
      
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