"A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then pulls out a gun and shoots the waiter. "Why?" groans the injured man. The panda shrugs and walks out, tossing a badly punctuated wildlife manual over his shoulder. When the waiter consults the book, he finds the explanation for this behaviour. The entry for "panda" reads: "Large black and white mammal native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
-- http://www.fun-with-words.com/eats_shoots_leaves_review.html Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 9:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Why computer languages need to have specific parsing rules and exact semantics. Peter Eggebeen wrote: >Commas save lives Of course. If you forget a comma in something like ATCCONxx, your life is in grave peril. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
