On Tuesday 12 November 2013 09:54:11 Michael Schnell wrote: > > With my background of C fro me the ";" is necessary to close a > statement. This I never do a line that does not end with either of ";" > or "begin" > In Pascal (and in MSElang) ';' does not terminate but separate a statement. Empty statements are possible -> " if a = 1 then b:= 88; end; " or " if a = 1 then b:= 88;;;;; end; " is OK.
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