From: "Derrick B." <lists@...>
Date: 2012-12-24T07:40:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment.

7stud -- wrote in post #1090043:

>
> And you have no idea why that is?  The perl parser knows that a
> statement has ended when it sees a semi-colon.  How does the ruby parser
> know when a statement has ended?
>

Ruby is similar to Python in that it uses line termination, unless you 
indicate an implied line continuation.

a = b +
c

implies continuation, whereas

a = b
+ c

does not.

You can also use a semicolon in Ruby to end a statement, but usually 
that is when you put multiple statements on one line.

I cannot wait to take the Compiler Design class, because these details 
will  be exactly what I need to take into consideration when creating my 
own language parser.

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