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The semicolon is YAGNI #1573

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  1. The semicolon is YAGNI 

    Since JavaScript is already interpreting newlines as the ends of developers' statements, semicolons are fundamentally unnecessary to a working JavaScript program. Much like how [the cape on a superhero's back is a liability](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R2aW03pwL0&t=1s), they serve only as a means for modern JavaScript developers to trip over themselves.
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  2. Change example in another part of the styleguide 

    Submitted for your approval, evidence that forbidding semicolons makes JavaScript more readable and less prone to developer typos
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