“Automatic Semicolon Insertion (ASI) is a syntactic error correction procedure. If you start to code as if it were a universal significant-newline rule, you will get into trouble.” — @BrendanEich
https://brendaneich.com/2012/04/the-infernal-semicolon/ …
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Replying to @mathias @BrendanEich
I think that I shall find no glee In semicolons inserted automatically
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Replying to @davemethvin @BrendanEich
I felt pretty slick — but am I? — removing this particular semi
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Replying to @mathias @davemethvin
Later, to cut
@BrendanEich some slack I decided to add it back1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
`npm install standard`, surprisingly gave my code a semicolonoscopy
5:15 PM - 30 Nov 2017
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