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


"Russell" <rws0203nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> > "Howard Brazee" <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >>
> >> On 8-Jun-2005, "Walter Murray" <wmurray@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> > 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.

It has. That's WHY I would put the period where I can see it. (I'd really
rather not use them at all and I strive for this in code.)

>
> 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.
>
Yep. Agree completely.

Pete.


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