Re: question about linker

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From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
>> Those suggesting that semicolons are unimportant details of syntax in
>> C are wrong. They can make a significant difference and contribute to
>> errors:
>>
>>    for (i=0; i<n; ++i);
>>         printf("%d\n", i);
>
> Nobody has suggested that "semicolons are unimportant details of syntax
> in C".

I think I see where you got that false idea.  Elsewhere in this thread,
Janis wrote:

    Semicolons, really, are not the problem - AFAIR, in *none* of the
    languages I was engaged with.

Janis did not say that "semicolons are unimportant details of syntax in
C", nor, as far as I can tell, did anyone else.

If you want to reply to something, I suggest quoting it directly, or at
least summarizing it accurately.

In my experience, semicolons can be confusing for programmers who are
new to programming, or at least new to a language.  I remember "missing
semicolon" being a common error when I was a beginner, but I don't
remember it being a real issue any time in the last several decades.

YMMV, of course.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-07 12:34 +0100
  Re: question about linker Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-07 13:04 +0000
    Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-07 15:36 +0100
      Re: question about linker Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-07 15:33 +0000
        Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-07 13:38 -0800
          Re: question about linker Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-07 22:47 +0000
        Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-09 19:46 +0100
          Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-11 02:21 +0000
            Re: question about linker antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2024-12-11 14:39 +0000
              Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-11 15:34 +0000
                Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-11 14:06 -0800
                Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-12 00:02 +0000
                Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-11 16:42 -0800
                Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-12 01:14 +0000
                Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-11 17:27 -0800
                Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-12 11:48 +0000
                Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-12 12:50 -0800
                goto considered helpful (Was: question about linker) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-12-12 14:44 +0200
                Re: goto considered helpful Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-12 13:50 -0800
                Re: goto considered helpful Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-12-12 22:33 +0000
                Re: goto considered helpful David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-13 09:50 +0100
                Re: goto considered helpful bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-13 11:12 +0000
                Re: goto considered helpful Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-12-13 14:39 +0200
                Re: goto considered helpful David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-13 14:31 +0100
                Re: goto considered helpful David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-13 14:19 +0100
                Re: goto considered helpful bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-13 14:26 +0000
                Re: goto considered helpful David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-13 17:52 +0100
                Re: goto considered helpful Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-13 10:11 -0800
                Re: goto considered helpful scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-12-13 14:16 +0000
                Re: goto considered helpful Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-13 14:50 +0100
                Re: goto considered helpful (Was: question about linker) Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-20 13:52 +0100
                Re: goto considered helpful (Was: question about linker) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-12-20 15:27 +0200
                Re: goto considered helpful (Was: question about linker) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-24 09:05 -0800
                Re: goto considered helpful (Was: question about linker) Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2024-12-26 13:33 +0100
                Re: goto considered helpful (Was: question about linker) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-28 09:29 -0800
                Re: question about linker Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-12 06:54 -0800
            Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-11 17:24 +0100
              Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-12 12:11 +0000
                Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-12 15:56 +0100
          Re: question about linker Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> - 2024-12-11 08:43 +0000
            Re: question about linker David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-11 16:28 +0100
              Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-11 17:46 +0100
                Re: question about linker antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2024-12-12 02:31 +0000
            Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-11 17:30 +0100
              Re: question about linker David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-11 17:47 +0100
                Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-11 17:51 +0100
                Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-11 17:20 +0000
                Re: question about linker David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-11 21:46 +0100
                Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-11 21:19 +0000
                Re: question about linker Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-12-12 00:03 +0200
                Re: question about linker David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-12 11:08 +0100
                Re: question about linker Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-23 16:02 -0800
                Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-12 05:50 +0100
                Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-11 21:35 -0800
                Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-12 12:38 +0100
                Re: question about linker James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-12-18 16:04 -0500
                Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-19 01:35 +0100
                Re: question about linker James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-12-19 06:39 -0500
                Re: question about linker antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2024-12-19 14:58 +0000
                Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-12 12:29 +0000
                Re: question about linker Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-12 07:01 -0800
                Re: question about linker David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-12-11 21:36 +0100
          Re: question about linker antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2024-12-11 13:59 +0000
    Re: question about linker Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-07 14:57 +0000
      Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-07 16:19 +0100
        Re: question about linker Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-07 16:28 +0100
      Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-07 13:44 -0800
        Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-07 13:58 -0800
          Re: question about linker scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-12-07 22:15 +0000
    Re: question about linker antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2024-12-11 22:51 +0000
      Re: question about linker Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-11 15:12 -0800
      Re: question about linker bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-12 00:52 +0000

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