Re: Full stop/period on a line by itself?

"Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>
> "Howard Brazee" <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:d89h67$kk8$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> On 8-Jun-2005, "Walter Murray" <wmurray@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > Rather than putting the period all by itself on a line, I use a
>> > CONTINUE
> as
>> > the last statement of the paragraph, and the period immediately
>> > follows
> the
>> > CONTINUE on the same line. (Exceptions would be when the last
>> > statement
> is
>> > a STOP RUN or EXIT PROGRAM, in which case the period immediately
>> > follows that statement.)
>>
>> That wouldn't be against our shop's standards, unlike a period on a
>> line
> by
>> itself.
>
> If standards are intended to assist people, the more restrictive they
> are, the less they achieve their goals.
>
> If they are intended to establish authority, then the more restrictive
> they are, the better.
>
> I can't think of any reason why it would be 'forbidden' to put the
> period on a line by itself, but I guess I'm just a pinko liberal...
> :-)
>
> Pete.
>
>
>

Just wait - your eyesight is bound to weaken sooner or later.

Windows in particular is famous for tiny periods.
Not to mention the lower case "L" (lima), uppercase "I" (india),
number "1" (one) problem in some fonts.


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