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

Joel Fritz wrote:
> 
> Having programmed in Pascal and C before I learned RPG, the semicolon
> doesn't seem like  a big deal to me.  I'm sure it's easier to write a
> compiler when you have end of statement delimiters.  I'd like to see code
> block delimiters also.  If you use them _sensibly_, they actually make your
> code more readable.

Good point.  IMHO I prefer the single statement If then construct.  with
begin end markers for multiple lines.  This can make the code much more
concise when you only need to execute one statement

in RPGIV

          if           a <= 0
          eval         a=1
          endif


in c

  if (a <= 0) 
      a=1;     // no endif is needed for a single statement

  if (a <= 0) 
   {
       a=1;
       b=1;
   }           // Very clear as to where the block begings and ends


pascal  

  if a <=0 then
     a := 1;  

   if a<=0 then
    begin  
       a=1;
       b=1;
     end;

Also to be able to place comments at any place in the code is important.

John
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