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RE: DKIM
> Is the missing semicolon at the end of the "z" tag incorrect?
> From the ABNF, it looks like the final semicolon is
> optional. What are we dealing with here, pascal or C?
The ABNF suggests neither since in Pascal it is a syntax error to add in
a semicolon where it is unnecessary and in C it is a syntax error to
omit one where it is unnecessary.
I think that Pascal and C are both wrong on this point (semicolons are a
hack introduced in a misguided attempt to apply Chomsky's theories of
natural language to computer languages). But Pascal is more wrong than
C.
Phill