> On Aug 14, 2019, at 11:41 AM, wkitt...@windstream.net wrote: > > good reason?? because someone is too lazy to type 4 more characters? yes, i'm > counting the readability spaces which could easily be left out...
yes, that’s exactly why. Programers got sick of wasting time typing redundant characters so they attacked the problem at the root. It’s so intuitive that basically all languages have adopted the syntax. I’m not saying you should but it’s going to hurt Pascal if we ignore these kinds of trends. Regards, Ryan Joseph _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal