Juan Gonzalez wrote:
> The inmmense popularity of C syntax
>
> function X {.....}
>
> or LISP one
>
> (function X .....)
>
> over Pascal like blocks
>
> begin function X ..... end function ....
I think the Pascal syntax is actually:
FUNCTION convert( degC: real ): real
BEGIN
convert := degC + 273.15;
END;
If you're seriously arguing that C has been more successful than Pascal
*because* it used curly braces rather than BEGIN/END keywords then I think
you need a course in logic. Pascal was designed so it could be typed on
European keyboards that didn't have curly braces; C used curly braces
because Americans didn't give a toss about that problem, or didn't even know
it existed.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
