RE: (no subject)

["Bob Cozzi \(RPGIV\)" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,

Your tag line says it all, doesn't it?

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> A smart person learns from their mistakes,
> but a wise person learns from OTHER peoples mistakes.

Bob Cozzi
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> Thank you Hans.  I almost replied the same thing.  But didn't because
I
> don't know C.
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> Rob Berendt
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> Bob wrote:
> >Please don't tell me that they require a semi colon at the end of IF
> >conditional statements?  Not even C requires that.  :(
>
> Bob:  Give me a break!  You don't seriously expect us to believe
> that this is the first time you've seen the syntax for the /free
> calcs, do you?
>
> We spent a fair bit of time here debating the new revised syntax
> for free-form calcs, and we finally decided that the easiest rule
> to remember would be a semi-colon at the end of each and every
> statement.  No exceptions.  This way, you don't have to keep a
> list tacked to your monitor listing which statements take a
> semi-colon and which don't.
>
> You like C syntax?  Then go ahead and use C.  It too is a good
> language, but it has its quirks.  In particular, the rules
> regarding the use of the semi-colon in C aren't a model of
> consistency.
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> Cheers!  Hans
>
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
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