Retaining a user's formatting may or may not be a good thing, but it's not APL if it does so. Languages such as C, C++, Java, etc. are Algol-style languages. They retain the user's format. APL is not.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 6:33 AM Elias Mårtenson <loke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wrong may be an inappropriate word, but I agree that it's a pretty stupid > thing to do. If a user formats the code in a certain way, I'd assume he > does it because he wants it that way. > > It's one of the reasons I dislike Go. It automatically reformats your code > when compiling. > > On Fri, 10 Apr 2020, 18:16 Dr. Jürgen Sauermann, <mail@jürgen-sauermann.de> > wrote: > >> I know. And I believe it is wrong. >> >> -- Jürgen >> >> >> On 4/9/20 11:22 PM, Blake McBride wrote: >> > I checked IBM APL2. They do what I am suggesting. See the attached >> > screenshot. >> > >> > --blake >> > >> >> >>
