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  While reading some C code, I realized that code along the lines of...while(){whatever;}...has a weird smiley at the end. Doesn't the semicolon followed by a bracet look like some maliciously grinning arch-villian who has just thought up a dastardly plan and is winking to his second-in-command? Okay, mabye not...   
  Sorry, the first emoticon was invented in 1979, the -), by Kevin Mackenzie.   C was invented between 1969 ~ 1973, predating emoticons by at least 6 years.  Therefore, the emoticon ;} is simply a poser and C is superior!   ;Quote:Original post by EzbezWhile reading some C code, I realized that code along the lines of...while(){whatever;}...has a weird smiley at the end. Doesn't the semicolon followed by a bracet look like some maliciously grinning arch-villian who has just thought up a dastardly plan and is winking to his second-in-command? Okay, mabye not...That's because it's evil to put a closing brace on the same line as code.   