On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:46:37 -0400, AJ <[email protected]> wrote:
"Steven Schveighoffer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:42:31 -0400, AJ <[email protected]> wrote:
Apparently it is NOT off-topic (someone else said: "hey, all you guys
who
don't want semicolons: find another language or create your own!").
While I
wasn't proposing to change D, I wasn't NOT suggesting it, necessarily,
for
consideration in some version down the line (or what D could maybe
morph
into).
Your suggestion that you were not proposing to change the D language is
either supremely misleading, or flat out lying.
The original post said "Why not eliminate the requirement for semicolon
statement terminators." If you didn't mean D, then what the hell are
you
talking about?
I could have almost equivalently said: "Why does D require semicolons as
statement terminators on single-statement lines?". Obviously I'm thinking
that the semicolon used as noted may very well be redundant. I just
wanted
"proof" one way or the other.
So misleading then. The "equivalent" statement implies much less action
than your original statement. We have fallen victim to some English
subtleties it appears.
This is a very very old argument. It's been argued about 5 times on
this
newsgroup alone.
I had no idea! How long ago? I'll go back and read the threads and with
even
more interest now. I assumed that the semicolon, used as noted, was just
carry-over from C/C++ rather than a re-evaluated and adopted-by-D thing.
search for semicolon, I'm sure you'll find stuff.
Find another topic.
Maybe you shouldn't read threads you are not interested in? In that
regard,
find another thread. :P
I'm just trying to save you time and effort. If you want to argue tired
old arguments, then why not start a thread on how emacs is tons better
than vi? You'd get the same effect. In other words, my statement was a
tip, not an attack ;)
-Steve
