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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: question about linker
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 13:58:23 -0800
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
>> Those suggesting that semicolons are unimportant details of syntax in
>> C are wrong. They can make a significant difference and contribute to
>> errors:
>>
>>    for (i=0; i<n; ++i);
>>         printf("%d\n", i);
>
> Nobody has suggested that "semicolons are unimportant details of syntax
> in C".

I think I see where you got that false idea.  Elsewhere in this thread,
Janis wrote:

    Semicolons, really, are not the problem - AFAIR, in *none* of the
    languages I was engaged with.

Janis did not say that "semicolons are unimportant details of syntax in
C", nor, as far as I can tell, did anyone else.

If you want to reply to something, I suggest quoting it directly, or at
least summarizing it accurately.

In my experience, semicolons can be confusing for programmers who are
new to programming, or at least new to a language.  I remember "missing
semicolon" being a common error when I was a beginner, but I don't
remember it being a real issue any time in the last several decades.

YMMV, of course.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */