# Why begin/end instead of { } for block delimiter

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-begin-end-instead-of-for-block-delimiter/89735>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-begin-end-instead-of-for-block-delimiter/89735 "2022-11-03T20:25:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![adienes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/adienes/32/37459_2.png) [@adienes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/adienes)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-begin-end-instead-of-for-block-delimiter/89735/4 "2022-11-03T20:35:39Z")

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Unfortunately, [Julia is not at that stage of development anymore](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-julia-is-not-at-that-stage-of-development-anymore/44872). I hope this minor syntax choice will not be a blocker for you to explore the language.

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