begin quoting Gabriel Sechan as of Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 12:57:42AM -0500: [snip] > That doesn't change the > basic concept- something that has no effect on any other language out > there, no effect in any written language I know of, and is largely > different between different people's coding style SHOULD NOT become > semanticly important in a language.
FORTRAN. COBOL. Makefiles. Probably more. Indentation-as-syntax has been seen as a good idea for a long, long time, and has been a cause of errors for just as long. > Its a flaw in the language's design. > Its like writing a language where the = sign means to add the two numbers. > Sure, you can do it, but its stupid and will only lead to problems. Hel-lo C++! -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
