From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 23:35:57 -0000 (UTC), Steven G. Kargl wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 04:51:38 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 21:00:48 -0600, Gary Scott wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> They're also statement separators in Fortran.   
   >>   
   >> Section 6.3.2.5 of the Fortran 2018 spec, second paragraph:   
   >>   
   >>     A statement may alternatively be terminated by a “;” character that   
   >>     appears other than in a character context or in a comment.   
   >>     The “;” is not part of the statement. After a “;” terminator,   
   >>     another statement may appear on the same line, or begin on that   
   line   
   >>     and be continued. A sequence consisting only of zero or more blanks   
   >>     and one or more “;” terminators, in any order, is equivalent to a   
   >>     single “;” terminator.   
   >>   
   >> Note it says “terminator”, not “separator”.   
   >   
   > Well, the Fortran 2023 standard also contains   
   >   
   >   4.1.4 Syntax conventions and characteristics   
   >   
   >   Any syntactic class name ending in "-stmt" follows the source form   
   >   statement rules: it shall be delimited by end-of-line or semicolon,   
   >   ...   
   >   
   > so, I suppose one could call it a delimiter.   
      
   Given that a “delimiter” could be either a “terminator” or a   
   “separator”, that doesn’t seem very helpful.   
      
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