21 Jun
2006
21 Jun
'06
6:42 p.m.
Hi,
Don Y said:
So, the question: are (were) there any useful
languages
designed that did not rely heavily on punctuation in their
syntax? It almost seems an inconsistency -- older languages
tended to be skimpy in their syntax (e.g., short identifiers,
global scope, etc.) which would suggest that punctuation
exploits would be MORE valuable to them.
Forth. The only punctuation in Forth is the requirement that
each word in the source be separated from its neighbours by white
space, ie a space, tab or newline.
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
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