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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Clair Grant on VMS code base
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:26:39 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:56:17 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> If we discuss what is the "right" answer, then I would actually say 2.
> 
> for i := 1 to 10 do writeln(i)
> 
> for i := 1 to 10 do
>     writeln(i)
> 
> for i := 1 to 10 do begin
>     writeln(i)
> end;
> 
> for i := 1 to 10 do begin
>     writeln(i)
> end;
> 
> for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) printf("%d\n", i);
> 
> for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
>      printf("%d\n", i);
> 
> for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
>      printf("%d\n", i);
> }
> 
> for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
> {
>      printf("%d\n", i);
> }
> 
> I would say 2 for all.

How much difference would such distinctions make in real-world code, 
anyway? I suspect not much. Longer compound statements would dominate 
shorter ones in the line count.