From: sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu   
      
   On Sat, 10 Feb 2024 21:21:09 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > 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?   
      
   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.  Who cares what its   
   called as long as one knows how to use it?  Given the volume of   
   your posts in c.l.c and c.l.f, I doubt you care.   
      
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   steve   
      
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