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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: How to make Ada popular. Get rid of ";" at end of statement.
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 00:09:44 +0200
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On 2019-07-19 23:41, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
> According to 
> https://hackernoon.com/best-coding-languages-to-learn-in-2019-b49b49250a25
> 
> Python has become very popular because
> 
> "Part of the reason for Python’s popularity is that it
> gets rid of the annoying conventions of other languages, such as
> using semicolons to indicate the end of a statement. This may
> explain why Python is replacing Java as the primary language
> of instruction for teaching computer science — not just at
> universities but in high school and elementary school programs too"
> 
> So I'd like to make a suggestion: Remove ";" from Ada.
> 
> I know this might be hard to do, as it might cause some bugs
> in current programs, but a conversion tool should take care of
> things.
> 
> Well. It is one way to try to make Ada popular :)

Why not to remove just everything? Great minds already thought about it. 
Look at Whitespace:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_(programming_language)

It is far ahead of Python in terms of removing annoying stuff. The code 
is absolutely pristine, nothing disturbing catches your eye or distracts 
you from the exciting process of counting spaces...

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de