12 May
2005
12 May
'05
7:45 a.m.
>>>> "Cameron" == Cameron Kaiser
<spectre at floodgap.com> writes:
> > > should be written without either of the
semicolons.
> > Why? (Unless you're talking about Algol.)
> Because Pascal uses the same rule of semicolons as
Algol does.
Cameron> I was all set to disagree with you, so I ran it through
Cameron> Turbo Pascal without the semicolons and ... it worked.
Cameron> However, when you say semicolons between statements, that's
Cameron> what I did. So why could I have dropped the semicolons,
Cameron> unless I have the wrong idea about what Pascal (and
Cameron> presumably Algol) considers a statement?
"begin" and "end" are not statements -- they are keywords. Think of
them as parentheses. (In fact, in Algol 68 they are synonymous with
parentheses.) Similarly, you don't put semicolons into the middle of
an if/then/else either.
paul