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Discussion on: Semicolons in JavaScript: To Use or Not to Use?

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Michiel Hendriks

I think putting significance in things you cannot print is a mistake.

Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. -- Abelson & Sussman

So it's always semicolons for me. Because then I'm clear that this is where I want the statement to end. For the same reason I do not use naked ifs.