On 2009-10-21, Martin X. Moleski, SJ wrote:
Note the missing closing paren at the end of that sentence.

I know from bitter experience what a missing paren or semicolon
does to code. (

But under normal circumstances, the compiler picks it up and stops
with a compile error.

On the other hand, writing "=" where you actually meant "==" can cause
a complete new world of hurt with some compilers :-)