Re: Object Pascal Stigma, Useless Survey Question

"Gbenga Abimbola" <gabimbola@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I know that the { and } are for many lines comment.
> When I suggested the replacement of begin-end with
> { and }, I understand that the compiler will need to be
> redesigned. I just don't know how much technical feat it would
> take to make those changes. But it is worth trying.
<snip>

IMHO the issue is not how difficult complier conversion would be, but how it
would break lots of currently working code.

At a minimum, I would want a compiler switch to enable compiling existing,
or at least converting it automatically.

I think you could write your own addin to the current Delphi IDE using the
OpenToolsAPI to do all this.

To me, this is purely cosmetic and not worth all our discussion. Any
manager or developer who chooses a language based on superficial issues such
as this one probably looks like Dilbert's pointy haired boss. ;-)
--
Kirk Halgren

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a
nail."
-- Abraham Maslow


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