"Slightly aged languages (some would call them business standards), such as C/C++, Java, C#, ... Newer languages, like Python discard the semicolon in favor of

"Slightly aged languages (some would call them business standards), such as C/C++, Java, C#, ... Newer languages, like Python discard the semicolon in favor of the line-break". Python was released in 1991. Java first appeared in 1995. C# in 2000. Therefore, Python is a 'slightly aged' language, not a 'newer' language. Also, Pascal used the semicolon as a delimiter, not a terminator. This variation was not described here. "Actually, I do not see how adding a semicolon to the end of every statement can be harmful." The author expresses this poorly. I don't think this is meant to be read as wanting a semicolon for 'if' statements and the like, which would give; if (a) {b();};