Should programming languages be strict or loose?
- by Ralph
In Python and JavaScript, semi-colons are optional.
In PHP, quotes around array-keys are optional ($_GET[key] vs $_GET['key']), although if you omit them it will first look for a constant by that name. It also allows 2 different styles for blocks (colon, or brace delimited).
I'm creating a programming language now, and I'm trying to decide how…