Whoever decided to use the semicolon to end something should just be taken out and have his colon semified. (At least COBOL and SQL managed to use a period.)
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Re: Read table modification question. (Usenet article)Erik Naggum
It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I have decided upon the Program of Revolution and defined the procedure of the revolution in three stages. The first is the period of military government; the second, the period of political tutelage; and the third, the period of constitutional government.
Sun Yat-sen
That should probably be written:
no !@#$%^&*:@!semicolonLarry Wall
The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.
John Scott
…I also discovered Larry's First Law of Language Redesign: Everyone wants the colon.
Larry Wall
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