Re: Clair Grant on VMS code base

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:56:17 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

If we discuss what is the "right" answer, then I would actually say 2.
 
for i := 1 to 10 do writeln(i)
 
for i := 1 to 10 do
    writeln(i)
 
for i := 1 to 10 do begin
    writeln(i)
end;
 
for i := 1 to 10 do begin
    writeln(i)
end;
 
for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) printf("%d\n", i);
 
for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
     printf("%d\n", i);
 
for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
     printf("%d\n", i);
}
 
for(i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
     printf("%d\n", i);
}
 
I would say 2 for all.

How much difference would such distinctions make in real-world code,
anyway? I suspect not much. Longer compound statements would dominate
shorter ones in the line count.