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

Jim,

> I did not like having to use an underscore in QuickBasic and
> Clipper to continue a line. _
>
> I did not mind using a semicolon in C and Pascal to terminate a line;


Duly noted. I respect your opinion on the matter.

>
> The fact is, the semi colon is not superficious.
>

If you mean superfluous (not being cheeky - I don't know what superficious
means), then you're wrong until someone comes along and provides an example
of what the semicolon has enabled us to do, that we couldn't do without it.
Or what the semicolon is _going to_ allow us to do, that we wouldn't be able
to do without it.

> How would you code this without being able to use a semi colon?
>
> a = 0;  b = 0;  c = 0;
>
> Without the statement terminator, I now have a limit, one
> statement per line.

I have news for you Jim; you _DO_ have a limit of one statement per line.
Multiple statements per line are not allowed. Still think it isn't
superfluous?



Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

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