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Ted Dennison wrote:
> I'd actually agree with you that its silly. However, with the extra stuff on the
> end its at least not *harmful* any more, so I can live with the sillyness. I
> don't for a minute buy the argument that people stay away from Ada because they
> don't want to type "end" instead of "}". That's an *excuse*, not a serious
> argument. But some folks here seem to honestly believe it, and this ought to at
> least make them happy.

I remember when most students learned Pascal as their first
programming language. Several students were more comfortable with C
if they added the following bits of code:

#define BEGIN {
#define END }

They could then write their source code without the "{}" pairs, and
the proprocessor would make the appropriate substitutions.
I also remember that serious C enthusiasts found this adjustment to
be revolting.

Example:

#define BEGIN {
#define END }
#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
BEGIN
   printf("Hello World\n");
END

Jim Rogers
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA