Re: Parentheses in function calls



On 08/28/2010 10:05 PM, Seebs wrote:
On 2010-08-28, Tony Clough<no@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One possible problem with C as compared to other languages like Perl or
Shell is that function calls require parentheses which leads to cluttered
code.

It doesn't look "cluttered" to me. I actually sort of like it for the
clarity.

True.. you can easily distinguish between functions and variables because of that.. which is something that can be bothering in other languages
.



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