Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript

From	John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript
Date	2026-07-14 10:50 +0100
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On 13/07/2026 14:12, Mikko wrote:
> On 24/04/2025 04:52, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> OK, so the actual anniversary was back in March. But I just
>> (re)discovered the InfoWorld site, and was surprised to discover it
>> has become such a software-development-focused place (was it before?).
>>
>> This article
>> <https://www.infoworld.com/article/3836901/10-things-developers-love- 
>> about-javascript-and-10-things-they-dont.html>
>> goes over some of the things the author(s) love about JavaScript, and
>> some things they don’t.
>>
>> In terms of punctuation, didn’t they know semicolons (at least as
>> statement terminators) are optional in JavaScript? Yes, the rule is a
>> bit more subtle than in Python, but even I, a Python programmer, was
>> able to figure it out.
> 
> I would like to have the semicolons mandatory. They should also be
> required after a '}' if the statement the block is part of endt there
> (no 'else' or 'until' follows).
This is a statement :
   { }
and so is this :
   ;
Therefore
   { } ;
is two statements.
The way to solve the Dangling Else problem is to end every if statement 
with :
   endif
but that's unlikely to happen.

Incidentally, the history of semicolons in javascript is that a lot of 
people scream loudly if semicolons aren't used, and just as many scream 
loudly if they are. :-(


   John

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30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-24 01:52 +0000
  Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-13 16:12 +0300
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-13 22:31 +0000
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-14 09:59 +0300
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-14 07:27 +0000
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-18 04:51 +0200
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2026-07-14 10:50 +0100
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-14 22:12 +0000
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2026-07-15 11:01 +0100
    Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-18 04:46 +0200
      Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-19 11:40 +0300
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-19 23:29 +0000
          Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-20 09:42 +0300
            Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-20 08:08 +0000
              Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-21 08:57 +0300
                Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-07-21 23:08 +0000
                Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-07-22 09:39 +0300
            Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-27 14:20 +0200
        Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-07-27 14:19 +0200
  Re: 30 Years Of JavaScript Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-07-13 14:46 +0000

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