Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: TeX and Pascal [was Re: The joy of FORTRAN] Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 21:48:31 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 7 Message-ID: <vdhqnf$2t1fi$4@dont-email.me> References: <pan$96411$d204da43$cc34bb91$1fe98651@linux.rocks> <5mqdnZuGq4lgwm_7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vcub5c$36h63$1@dont-email.me> <1r0e6u9.1tubjrt1kapeluN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <vcuib9$37rge$5@dont-email.me> <vcvuhh$3hroa$2@dont-email.me> <llhieuF8ej2U2@mid.individual.net> <20240925083451.00003205@gmail.com> <Pascal-20240925164718@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <mdd4j63pmo1.fsf_-_@panix5.panix.com> <oJ-cnQSrLZDYdGX7nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vdatb6$1l4ch$8@dont-email.me> <vdauah$1lq1u$1@dont-email.me> <lltt6uF4fseU4@mid.individual.net> <vdcn1q$1tmdr$5@dont-email.me> <vddqoe$264fi$2@dont-email.me> <vdf4le$2cn51$6@dont-email.me> <vdh2l1$2p7e2$1@dont-email.me> <vdh3ku$2path$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:48:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="45d68bef63035d0f49773effd7a1ab82"; logging-data="3048946"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18u5iww6s6wyJq1sbCzAVS6" User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4wqe91d8dU4sBPQyIH7hNCy1rdE= Bytes: 1838 On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 16:14:37 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > And knowing that > p=(x>y?3:2); I would have done it without the parentheses. There’s too much parenthesis clutter around as it is.