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  Re: semicolon at end of python's statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-29 10:39 +1000

#53202 — Re: semicolon at end of python's statements

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Tim Chase
<python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2013-08-29 10:31, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> but putting semicolons at the ends of Python statements is as
>> useless as putting ((((lots of (((irritating (((superfluous
>> (((parentheses))))))))))))) in your C++ code. The parser won't mind,
>> but subsequent programmers will wonder what these unnecessary
>> syntactic elements are for.
>
> That would would be a lisp programmer writing C++ code? :-)

Isn't that what LISP stands for? Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses? :)

I shouldn't talk, though. Never used LISP for anything serious -
nearest I've done is to use Scheme to tinker with GNU Lilypond.

ChrisA

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