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Discussion on: How Lua Avoids Semicolons

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Dave Cridland

Now, I rather like semicolons. I think they provide the punctuation needed. But then, I put in full stops (or periods, for our colonial friends), when I'm writing an SMS, let alone in text messages and so on, so maybe I'm the weird one.

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Joe Clay

I'm definitely not totally opposed to them - my favourite language by far is Rust, which does have semicolons!

I think for me it comes down to how they mesh with the overall feel of the language - languages like Rust have a lot going on syntax-wise, so the explicit syntax feels right, whereas Lua is quite minimalistic and 'light', for want of a better term.

I'd also say to a degree it just depends what mood I'm in, honestly :p

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Dave Cridland

You missed a full stop at the end, there. twitches

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Joe Clay • Edited

I'm not trolling you, I swear! :D

(EDIT: Dev.to's formatting might be trolling me, though...)

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Cody Tilkins

I dont understand what you are talking about; Doesnt everyone write how I do; Then again I am not THAT popular;