From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-01 03:50:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3B65E6A0.A45F570D@lmtas.lmco.com> Subject: Re: How to make Ada a dominant language X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 22:51:21 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.54.86.22 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 996663023 210.54.86.22 (Wed, 01 Aug 2001 22:50:23 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 22:50:23 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10933 Date: 2001-08-01T22:51:21+12:00 List-Id: "> Russ wrote: > > 2. Eliminate the requirement for a semicolon after each executable > > statement, but allow semicolons for combining multiple statements on a > > line, as in Python. That's an obvious contradiction in requirements: Semicolons no longer terminate a statement but they still combine statements? So what does separate one statement from the next? To elaborate: if you have some other scheme to identify the statements you don't need the semicolon at all, if you rely on it to join the statements why not use it for separation too?