At 07:26 06/12/03 -0700, Kristyne McDaniel wrote:
>Andy,
>
> > It must surely be *trivial* for language writers to include a
> > 'compiler'
> > switch to allow you to select your preferred construct: {} ;
> > if/endif ;
>
>If you need them, define some preprocessor directives and pray nobody else
>will ever have to maintain your code. :-)
>
>I see no reason to pollute the compiler with constructs from other
>languages. All it makes is a mess for everyone that follows you to clean up.
>C has been around for an awfully long time and has survived quite well
>without having if/endif.
Amen, Kris.
And Fox/FoxPro/VFP has survived equally well without curly brackets.
Dan Covill
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