RE: Free-format RPG

["Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Java, C, C++, and VB all use the semicolon. These are just the languages I
know anything about. I hope I am right to say most modern languages use the
semicolon now.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fisher, Don [mailto:Dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 1:50 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Free-format RPG


I am curious about the choice of the semi-colons to end a statement.  Most,
if not all, languages use a period to end sentences.  Was this delimiter
considered to much like COBOL for RPG?  Is the semi-colon considered more
visible and thus easier to read?  I could buy the latter as missing those
periods in COBOL cost me many times.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
DFisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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No can do. The compiler needs some way to unambiguously delimit 
statements. If we had some other syntax, there'd be people 
complaining about that method too. And supporting different syntaxes 
now is right out of the question.
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