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People who think that the semi-colon is in decline obviously do not write software for a living.
-Kevin
Congratulations on not reading the article before posting a reply to it:
“It’s true that computer programmers use an awful lot of them, mainly as separators. And that’s surely the last step on the line before it’s reduced to a mere email emoticon.”
Semicolons still have a functional place in the English language; even if I’m the only one left using them in my prose, I will continue to use them.
Checkmate, France.
I don’t get the “blame it on English” part; we use semicolons all the time. (See!) It’s the Germans who almost never use them, though I wouldn’t think that would much affect French.
Bah, after the coming triumph of Python, the semicolons will be the first up against the wall.
SAS programmers everywhere genuflect at the throne of the semicolon.
I predict the wink [
] may be more a more enduring use of the semicolon than the purpose for which it was intended.
The Furman piece on fixing fiscal policy reminded me of the Monty Python bit on how to play the clarinet.
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