(where does "EXTERNAL:" in the Subject: come from?
Can it be suppressed?)
On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 08:51:57 +0100, Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
> ...
>It made the compiler simpler to write, and solved the problem of
>a compiler having to decide on nested ifs which one an else
>belonged to (the "hanging else" problem - usually solved by
>assuming an else belongs to the most recent if).
>
I'll repeat my preference strong closure. Even JCL recognized the
wisdom of that convention. DO...END and {...} were a naive mistake.
-- gil
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