From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 08:17:04 -0600, Gary Scott wrote:   
      
   > On 2/9/2024 10:51 PM, 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”.   
   >   
   > It terminates the statement ...   
      
   Well, you did say “separators” of statements, not “terminators”, did   
   you   
   not?   
      
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