[cyberferret]

Thanks for the clarification. I missed that on the initial skim of the article. (And yes, I appreciate the irony of me introducing the 'ambiguity' arguments into a topic which deals specifically with the removal of such) :)

[_bxg1]

It's still arguable that there could be some ambiguity. The compiler makes sure the statement is interpreted in an unambiguous way on the computer's end, but the writer might still not know which of a number of ways to express what she wants to state.