Re: [sc-users] statement syntax

[Manfred Brockhaus <manfred.brockhaus@xxxxxxxxx>]

The main difference is that SC *requires* a separating semicolon 
between all statements, eg.

if (...) {...} // no semicolon here in C/Java
if (...) {...}

-mb

On Sep 30, 2005, at 1:39 PM, James Harkins wrote:

> Could you provide a concrete example? Just 'cause I can't think of one.
>
> { a = 1+1; b = 2 }
>
> vs
>
> { a = 1+1; b = 2; }
>
> Both compile perfectly well.
>
> Where exactly does sc refuse a terminating semicolon? I can't think of 
> a single instance.
> hjh
>
> On Sep 30, 2005, at 6:17 AM, Manfred Brockhaus wrote:
>
> > I'm wondering if it would be possible to modify/extend the SC 
> > language to accept C/Java statement syntax. The main difference is 
> > the role of semicolon (;). SC uses it as general statement 
> > *separator* (Pascal style), while C/Java use it as statement 
> > *terminator* for simple statements. This difference is quite 
> > inconvenient for people like me who are programming also in C/Java 
> > and derived modern languages like eg. Processing. In particular I 
> > think that new generations of programmers being familiar with C/Java 
> > would be happy to use the same statement syntax in SC.
> >
> > -mb
> >
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