Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

Richard,

Thank you for taking the time to elaborate on your statement.

> If the explicit statement terminator is not available, statements either
> trickle off the right for a long ways (hard to read, understand, view,
etc)
> or their meaning is not ambiguous - they may be interpreted in multiple
> ways.  Some of the rules needed to make the statement have a definite
> meaning may be less desirable than the semicolon.

I just don't see any evidence to support this. Have you had an opportunity
to use a language that doesn't require an explicit statement terminator? If
so, did you really notice any of the aforementioned problems.? I have a
number of years of experience using non-terminated languages under my belt,
but I haven't run across those issues.


Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

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