Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

[Francois Bottin <fbottin@free.fr>]

Quoting Mark Roach <mrroach@okmaybe.com>:
> if you'll settle for optional bracketing, I think python might be for
> you ;-)
> 
> if cond:
> # {
>     block
> # }
> else:
> # {
>     block
> # }
> 

Compare it with SUN's recomendations for Java (but useable also for C):
if (cond) {
    block;
} else {
    block;
}

In this case I find it much better than the GNU Coding Standards, and there is
only one line more than Python...

    François.

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