Bob, at 13:11 on Aug 03 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> This may seem like a silly question, but the indentations below
BG> are purely for readability by the programmer, are they not?
BG> IOW, presumably the source would still compile if every line
BG> started at column 1, right? I've often wondered. 

DD>   FOR count := 2 TO len DO
DD>     BEGIN
DD>       IF n < 5 THEN
DD>         BEGIN
DD>           CASE name[count] OF

BL> Basic needs separate lines, but indents (and extra spaces) are just
BL> for show. 

I thought as much, but was loath to open a C tutorial, lest I find myself
interested in using it.  After all, it took me years to properly learn
basic, but I've since forgotten almost everything about it (some might even
rather unkindly suggest that this is actually a good thing).  :)

BL> In Pascal and C, you can write it all on the same line if
BL> you like, as long as you put in the semicolons and curly brackets.

And make it even more illegible than it already is?  No thanks!

Regards, Bill
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