"Page, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Can either of you give any objective argument about why
^^^^^^^^^
We are talking about *syntax*, right? As they say, it is like colors
and taste...
| you prefer to write in a serialized one-dimensional manner,
I don't prefer to write serialized one-dimensional manner. I prefer
to *see* syntactic markers for groups.
| encoding nested structures with the bracket (or even a
| parenthesis) notation,
Are you going to propose we replace the square and round brackets with
the varieties of spaces?
| instead of using the natural two
| dimensional nature of the display media to express this
| structure more succinctly?
I do almost all of my works with terminals. I use browsers only
when I'm forced to (like those online forms that don't work with
lynx, bugzillas, wikis, etc.) Don't get me wrong; I do like and
appreciate pictures, n-dimensional illustrations; the indenting stuff
just does not work for me. Yes, I do intend my codes. And yes,
braces don't prevent you from indenting.
| If not, my label of "linguist prejudice" must surely apply.
It actually applies both ways, so I don't find it persuasive :-)
-- Gaby
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