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[โ€“] Monstera@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fortran is ancient and does fine without ;

[โ€“] mkwt@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month 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.