Jarrett Billingsley Wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Dimitar > Kolev<[email protected]> wrote: > > language_fan Wrote: > >> Yes, the C syntax has been scientifically proven to be the optimal for > >> humans to read. All the extra braces and semicolons are there to guide > >> your eye movement. I simply don't get why anyone would use a language > >> without those. In fact I see one problem in D when compared to C++: > >> > >> C++: class Foo {}; vs > >> > >> D: class Foo {} > >> > >> The missing semicolon makes me vomit. I wish the syntax will be fixed > >> some day. It would probably also ease the maintenance in case of > >> syntactic errors. > > > > The missing semicolon makes you vomit? Come on that is an exaggeration. > > > > I had problems in C++ with that stupid semicolon that was there for no > > apparent reason but to be forgotten by the programmers and to cause a bunch > > of non-understandable mistakes to be generated by the stupid debuggers. > > > > {} - should be a end point of its own without requiring people to tell it > > that there is nothing beyond it. > > > > It is like saying that you should put ";" after function definition. > > > > What errors will the missing ";" cause? > > > > As I said {} should be an end of its own. > > His post was *extremely* sarcastic. ;)
Thank you for the clarification. :)
