At 2002-05-30 02:26, Jon Fairbairn wrote: >I think this is extremely bad language design! In general I >like having layout rules, but ...
What's the deal with the whole "layout" thing anyway? I've never come across it before in another language. Is it an academic thing? It drove me nuts when I first started Haskell, until I discovered you could use semicolons/braces instead (which I always do). If I were teaching Haskell to "working programmer" types like myself, I would encourage them to always use full semicolons and braces and forget layout entirely (except a lot of available Haskell source seems to use it). Certainly I find {;} more readable, and I suspect anyone else with a C/C++/Java background (or even a Scheme/Lisp background) does too.</RANT> -- Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell