> ... it didnt have the empty statement ';' ... > Sometimes you were not allowed to end you statements with ';' (since they were ended by the block, so this wou

> ... it didnt have the empty statement ';' ... > Sometimes you were not allowed to end you statements with ';' (since they were ended by the block, so this would require the emptystatement). Pascal has empty statements. They are exactly that - empty. In C syntax ; is a statement end token, so the empty statement is ‘;’. In Pascal ; is a statement separator token, so the empty statement is ‘’, and ‘;’ is two empty statements. So the typical error is to write “....... ;” where only one statement is syntactically allowed. Example: if x > y then x := y ; else ... Syntax error. Only one statement allowed between then and else. then { x := y ; } else ... is Ok. The blocking makes two statements into one.