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I just want to chime in, briefly, here.

Ed wrote:
[...]
> Inform
>     Routine definition, using square brackets, is definitely not C-like.
>     Integers appear to be limited to 16 bits.
>     The 'for' statement is not C-like.

I find all of this a benefit, rather than a drawback, and not (just)
because I think C is ugly.  The semantics of lots of Inform are
subtly different than those in C.  The difference in syntax keeps the
important parts of the language straight in my mind.

[...]

