Also yeah, please don't retweet this. I don't want to be at the center of another flame war. I'm mostly just tired.
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I'm disappointed in JavaScript people today. 1. Why do we need to talk about semicolons again? This feels like wasted time. 2. Is it too much to ask for a bit of empathy that not everyone uses the language in The One True Way. EMPATHY is all we can ever ask for. So yeah, nah.
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I was trying to not use semicolons today & I just couldn’t.. they’re like muscle memory or something
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Haha yeah, can imagine. To get a sense of what it's like to write semicolons from the perspective of someone who doesn't, try this:https://github.com/Flet/doublestandard …
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The PR in question is about increased hazards due to grammar constraints. TC39 continues to try its best to prevent adding those and to allow usage without semicolons, but the list of hazards has increased over time and is expected to increase.
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I think all of TC39 will try its best to not be exclusionary but the increase in hazards on a 20 year old heuristic makes a recommendation seem sane. If there is anything that can be done to alleviate concerns about ASI I'm happy to discuss.
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Unfortunately, this is the software development world. Where no one has social skills and are constantly looking to one up their peers for some weird sense of self gratification. Empathy doesn't exist here
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Heh, that's too broad probably. I'd think the vast majority of folks are fine - but it requires active moderation to keep a whole community excellent. I think we should all try and be better towards our peers. Or well: try to be
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Heh, it's and endless point of discussion tho. I think the answer to all of these questions probably is: "it depends", and sometimes: "just pick one". Not disagreeing with you
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