Radu Ban
>
> i have been using ; delimiter because i want to see the
> entire program
> without having to scroll horizontally, in the case of long
> lists or long for
> commands. i sort of got used to it.
>
Indeed. One of several merits of -foreach-
and -forvalues- is that constructs are naturally
and readably laid out on several lines. The
bonus in being able more easily to understand, to debug,
and to modify code is substantial.
The need, or desire, to use semi-colons is
thus reduced.
Of course, semi-colons can be
used as delimiters in a very readable way
too, just as there are many difficult-to-read
programs written with carriage returns as
delimiters.
Nick
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