But if languages get too dynamic they fracture and cannot be
understood by others. Standardisation is needed to get cross-
platform compatibility. If anyone knows this surely its computer
people.
Lance.
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8/16/00 10:08:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>The following is a literal string that contains two double
quotes
>>>
>>> >> print {He said "hi".}
>>> He said "hi".
>>>
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>><g>Well, to be grammatically correct, it should be:
>>
>> >> print {He said "hi."}
>> He said "hi."
>>
>>Sorry, can't resist a correction. As an author, editor, and
publisher AND
>>programmer, this is one of my pet peeves. Punctuation goes inside
the
>quote.
>>Syntax counts in English as well as REBOL.
>>
>>--Ralph
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>The English language has changed its grammar rules in the past,
based on
>popular usage. This is what makes English (American version, at
least) a
>"dynamic" language as opposed to something like French which has a
rigid
>definition which does not change.
>
>IMO the "period inside the quotes" rule will change, based on
popular
>usage. I think the only people who write according to the current
rule are
>authors, editors, and english professors.
>
>- Michael Jelinek
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