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   Message 262,645 of 264,096   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All   
   Re: Clair Grant on VMS code base   
   17 Apr 25 23:26:39   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:56:17 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > If we discuss what is the "right" answer, then I would actually say 2.   
   >   
   > for i := 1 to 10 do writeln(i)   
   >   
   > for i := 1 to 10 do   
   >     writeln(i)   
   >   
   > for i := 1 to 10 do begin   
   >     writeln(i)   
   > end;   
   >   
   > for i := 1 to 10 do begin   
   >     writeln(i)   
   > end;   
   >   
   > for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) printf("%d\n", i);   
   >   
   > for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)   
   >      printf("%d\n", i);   
   >   
   > for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {   
   >      printf("%d\n", i);   
   > }   
   >   
   > for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)   
   > {   
   >      printf("%d\n", i);   
   > }   
   >   
   > I would say 2 for all.   
      
   How much difference would such distinctions make in real-world code,   
   anyway? I suspect not much. Longer compound statements would dominate   
   shorter ones in the line count.   
      
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