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submitted 3 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Monstera@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fortran is ancient and does fine without ;

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

When Fortran was created, each line was a separate punched card. The syntax made sense for that medium.

C was setup from the start for use on teletypes with fancy line editors like ed.