I suppose that goes to how the language defines line termination and whether that language is OS aware. JS is completely independent of its execution context.

I suppose that goes to how the language defines line termination and whether that language is OS aware. JS is completely independent of its execution context. Python may achieve this as well, and if so, then I am wrong in my thoughts about Python. Here is how JavaScript does this: * https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-source-text https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-source-text * https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-line-terminators https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-line-termin... ASI is defined in the spec here: https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-automatic-semicolon-insertion https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/#sec-automatic-s...