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> On Apr 16, 2015, at 2:11 AM, Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> =
wrote:
>=20
> Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> writes:
>> I'm aware that Coffeescript provides a brace-free wrapper around =
Javascript;=20
>> I'm not aware of any wrapper that *adds* braces to a language without =
them.=20
>=20
> You're not old enough to remember Ratfor ;-)
> --=20
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

HO Boy - Rational FORTRAN!  Right up there with WatFOR (Waterloo FORTRAN =
for you youngsters).  It was interpreted FORTRAN.  Used teaching new =
programmers back in the day because it kept them from crashing the =
system.

Bill=