From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2004-01-10T19:21:40+09:00
Subject: Re: block delimiting

Dan Doel <djd15@po.cwru.edu> wrote:
> 
> I imagine that Martin said Haskell does it the right way because it 
> doesn't force you one way or the other, so people who can't stand
> significant whitespace aren't turned off from an otherwise useful
> language, and those who like/don't mind it can use it.

Yes, that and, as importantly, it lets you mix and match the two, so you
can use significant whitespace for small code blocks, and delimiters for
larger ones, for instance. cut and paste can still create problems, of
course.

martin