From: Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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.
Notice that everyone hates Makefiles and Cobol. And Fortran is only popular
in the math set, because a lot of existing libraries are out there.
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++!
Yes, but anyone doing that in C++ would be summarily shot by his coworkers.
Gabe
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