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For questions comparing the implementation of a feature on different languages.
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Why do some PL choose to have a dedicated keyword for elseif instead of like in C?
They do this to avoid the dangling else problem.
In many programming languages, the syntax for else-if statements is ambiguous. For example, consider the following C program:
if(a) if (b) x++; else y+ …
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What are the drawbacks of using indentation for code blocks?
There is more than one way to define layout-sensitive programming languages, where indentation matters. The Python way is different from the Haskell way, which is different from the F# way... For refe …
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