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[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

Bob wrote:
>Please don't tell me that they require a semi colon at the end of IF
>conditional statements?  Not even C requires that.  :(

Bob:  Give me a break!  You don't seriously expect us to believe
that this is the first time you've seen the syntax for the /free
calcs, do you?

We spent a fair bit of time here debating the new revised syntax
for free-form calcs, and we finally decided that the easiest rule
to remember would be a semi-colon at the end of each and every
statement.  No exceptions.  This way, you don't have to keep a
list tacked to your monitor listing which statements take a
semi-colon and which don't.

You like C syntax?  Then go ahead and use C.  It too is a good
language, but it has its quirks.  In particular, the rules
regarding the use of the semi-colon in C aren't a model of
consistency.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com