From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Message-id: <79DA81FE-595B-4E0A-A60E-CD0A45430623@mac.com> From: Pietro Gagliardi To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: <5aa5b5ad4831d46b8a699424000e6134@quanstro.net> Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 22:21:13 -0400 References: <5aa5b5ad4831d46b8a699424000e6134@quanstro.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] A new language for Plan 9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9c6f8b1e-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On May 1, 2008, at 9:26 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> one does >> >> if key = 'c' then >> scanline >> runcommand >> else >> generate(key) >> assemble(key) >> >> This is similar to Python, and prevents the nesting ambiguity of C, >> Pascal, and some other languages that use block delimiters. > > don't forget fortran. > [off topic] I wonder why it took 20 or so years for Fortran to introduce IF..ELSE..END IF. Probably after Kernighan and Plauger, 1974, it finally came to Backus' senses. :-P