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From: "Steve" <nospam_steved94@attbi.com>
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"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Steve wrote:
> > Pascal and C/C++ have two forms of "if" statements, one where the "if"
is
> > followed by a single line, the other where the "if" is followed by a
block.
>
> C and C++ have one form of "if" statement, whose syntax is
>      if ( <condition> ) <statement> [ else <statement> ]
> (where the () are literal but the [] indicate optional :-)
>

While you're technically correct, because C/C++ describe a statement as
either a single line or a block, in my opinion they're really two forms of
an if statement.

if( x != 42 )
{
    DoSomething();
}

Appears (to me) to be a different form from

if( x != 42 )
    DoSomething();

Where Ada only has one form:

if x /= 42 then
  DoSomething;
end if;

Steve
(The Duck)