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A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not writtenwhich is not written to the Notebook.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not written to the Notebook.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not written to the Notebook.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

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A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not writtenwhich is not written to the Notebook.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not written to the Notebook.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not written to the Notebook.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

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A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not outputwritten to the Notebook.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not output.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

A bit of historic background

Before Mathematica version 6 graphics were produced as a side-effect much as Print works now. In fact you can load this old system using:

<< Version5`Graphics`

Now you get this behavior:

enter image description here

Note that the output is - Graphics - and the plot itself is handled like Print. Since there was often little value in having - Graphics - output it was common to see plot statements terminated with a semicolon, which returns Null which is not written to the Notebook.

In version 6 syntax highlighting of that trailing semicolon was added to remind people that with it no output at all would be produced, since the Graphics object is no longer printed as a side-effect.

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