Curly bracket programming language: Difference between revisions

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Languages in this family are sometimes referred to as '''C-style''', because they tend to have syntax that is strongly influenced by [[C syntax]]. Beside the curly brackets, they often inherit other syntactic features, such as using the semicolon as a statement terminator (not as a separator), and the three-part "for" statement syntax as shown above.

Generally, these languages are also considered "free-form languages", meaning that the compiler considers all whitespace to be the same as one blank space, much like [[HTML]]. Considering that, the above code ''could'' be written:

for(int i=0;i<10;i++)'''{'''printf("%d",i);doTask(i);'''}'''

but this is not recommended, as it becomes nearly impossible for a persondifficult to read after the program grows beyond a few statements.

A popular way to work with curly braces is with the [[K&R]] style: