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Chad R. Meiners wrote:

> The problem is you are addressing each symbol independently from the
> language as a whole.  For example, which of the following looks more
> incorrect (barring some syntax adjustments).
> 
> if (x == y) {
>    cout << "We can use either.";
>    z = 2 * x; }
> 
> -or-
> 
> if (x ==y ) begin
>    cout << "We can use either.";
>    z = 2 * x; end

But if you clean up the if statement, and the formatting, it
becomes much cleaner as :

if x = y then
    whatever...;
else
    stmt...;
end;

And, when you have very loooong blocks, labelling
them helps :

Big_Outer_Loop : while ... loop
    ...
     Some_Inner_Loop : while .... loop
        ...
     end Some_Inner_Loop;
    ...
end Big_Outer_Loop;

With braces, you cannot label the blocks in any way. Hence
people resort to such contrivances as :

if ( x == y ) {
    ...;
} /* if ( x == y ) */

The problem with this, is the compiler cannot read your comment
and tell if the "}" matches up correctly. And if you excuse me
for saying so, but this also looks UGLY.

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