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| From | Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.misc |
| Subject | Re: Removing influences from a language |
| Date | 2026-02-02 16:32 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 2026-02-02 11:32, David Brown wrote:
> On 02/02/2026 04:09, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
>> On 10/11/2025 13:13, David Brown wrote:
>>> That is what is meant by "trailing commas". What else might it mean?
>>>
>>> enum colours = {
>>> red,
>>> green,
>>> blue,
>>> purple,
>>> pale_fushia_with_a_hint_of_orange,
>>> };
>>
>> no trailing comma below, the problem is that the open-brace ought to be
>> a comma:
>>
>> enum colours =
>> { red
>> , green
>> , blue
>> , purple
>> , pale_fushia_with_a_hint_of_orange
>> };
>>
>
> Unfortunately, I know too much about good typesetting - your layout
> makes me feel queasy!
Likewise.
Parts of computer language syntax has been adopted by natural
languages' conventions, like listing entities using commas.
Given the (erm..) "problems/issues" that some folks obviously
have when _editing_ computer program texts seems to lead them
to think about other ("better") syntaxes and syntax layouts.
The latter example above appears to reflect that thinking.
Janis
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Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-09 15:17 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-11-09 17:42 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-09 20:07 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-02 02:32 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-09 23:35 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-10 00:56 +0000
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Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-10 01:12 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-10 03:51 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-11-10 09:14 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-10 11:00 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-11-10 14:13 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-10 16:20 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-11-10 17:33 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-10 21:01 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-11-11 12:33 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-02 03:13 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-11-11 12:59 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-11 15:08 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-11 20:44 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2025-11-11 23:16 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-02 03:09 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-02 11:32 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-02-02 16:32 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-08 15:52 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-02-08 17:51 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-09 16:58 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-02-09 18:01 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-09 23:44 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-10 06:41 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-10 14:40 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-09 23:40 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-05 19:49 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-02-06 03:01 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-02-11 12:07 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-11 22:44 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-12 16:56 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-02-08 11:01 +0200
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-08 14:37 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-02-08 15:57 +0200
Re: Removing influences from a language David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-02-08 16:34 +0100
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-02 02:39 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-02-02 02:07 +0000
Re: Removing influences from a language Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-09 20:59 +0000
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