[ale] Any language (wuz: Assembly Language?)

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

In my opinion, the best language should ignore all white space AND NOT require any curly braces or semicolons except as syntactically required delimiters for lists and arrays, etc.  That's the way Clipper was, and it was a real pleasure that the compiler wasn't always bugging me about formatting yet still figured out how to compile the program.

Not trying to start a flame war or anything.

Sincerely,

Ron



"Rev. Johnny Healey" <rev.null at gmail.com> wrote:

>Haskell supports significant whitespace and curly braces.
>
>It is obviously the best programming language.
>
>-Johnny
>On Oct 26, 2013 9:59 PM, "Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Python doesn't use tabs - it uses consistent indentation.  TPTB
>(Guido,
>> the BDFL) recommend tabs, but I write Python with 4-space indents.
>>
>> And it keeps be from having to deal with previous code that mixes
>if-else
>> clauses without braces-around-blocks - a capital offense, IMNSHO
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Jim Lynch
><ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/26/2013 09:23 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> You've seen this ( http://me.veekun.com/blog/**
>>>>
>2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-**bad-design/<http://me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/>),
>right?
>>>>
>>> I will never use a language that requires tabs.  Tabs are absolutely
>the
>>> scourge of programming.  They are completely foreign to any rational
>>> layouts.  They are so 60's.  Python sucks so bad it's pathetic.  Php
>has
>>> warts true.  But it can be used to get the job done.  If Python ever
>gets
>>> curly braces I'll use it but not as long as it remains in the
>distant past
>>> using an arcaic typewriter structure.
>>>
>>> Jim.
>>>
>>> Think anyone knows I don't like tabs. ;)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Pete Hardie
>> --------
>> Better Living Through Bitmaps
>>



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