Stefan Schwarzer s.schwarzer at ndh.net
Sun Jan 20 14:02:08 EST 2002

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Grant Edwards wrote:
> IIRC, there were actual studies conducted with one of the
> precursor languages (ABC?) which determined that the colon
> increased readability -- at least for new programmers.

After forgetting them sometimes when I began with Python, I now
really like them even if I have a bit more to write. I agree with
Hans in that they improve readability.

Stefan

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