"Steven Schveighoffer" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:46:37 -0400, AJ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "Steven Schveighoffer" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >>> 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.
No, not misleading: you misinterpreted and made eroneous assumption. Obviously I am thinking that it's just carryover artifact from C++. But I may be thinking that with too little information (I've never implemented a language with or without semicolon statement terminators), so I was asking "Why?". > The "equivalent" statement implies much less action than your original > statement. Neither imply any action. If you want to misinterpret it that way, that's up to you. Both simply ask "Why?". > We have fallen victim to some English subtleties it appears. You are the only victim here: You are a victim of your own assumptions. > >>> >>> 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. I will! > >>> 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. Uh huh. > If you want to argue tired old arguments, Oh, you were arguing? About what? I just asked "Why?". > then why not start a thread on how emacs is tons better than vi? Start your own thread if you just want to argue. I'm looking for answers. > You'd get the same effect. In other words, my statement was a tip, not > an attack ;) Bullshit. You meant it as "an order" and you know it. :P
