>Scope isn't quite an issue in C-languages, because everything is basically local and had to be explicitly declared. Global variables were not near as prevalent. So I don't think Simonyi even worried about the issue.
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>Scope in Xbase is so radically different indicating it helps, but since declaration isn't enforced it's not perfect.

I'm not sure I follow. You have more C experience than I do but in my dim grasp scope is very much like FoxPro's -- several options, with local scope being only the default.

Mike