On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:03:22 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >I believe that the are languages that use inverted keywords to end blocks, >leading to the infamous "comment bletch! tnemmoc". Personally, I prefer "end" >or "endif", optionally with a label, > What idiot designing JCL's "IF" chose not to require that label fields on "ELSE" and "ENDIF" match that on the corresponding "IF" for nesting validation‽
> ... to terminate everything but comments, for which I like the PL/I syntax > "/* foo */", although line comments have their uses. > Perhaps the worst is ALGOL 60's "end" <comment> ";", leading compiler implementers to provide a "Delimiter in comment" warning. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
