You point is doubly valid when you consider that the code might be run through Closure or Uglify, and all the truly extraneous semicolons will be removed. At t

You point is doubly valid when you consider that the code might be run through Closure or Uglify, and all the truly extraneous semicolons will be removed. At that point, load speed is maximized, and the code is unreadable, semicolons or otherwise. Since JS source "feels" more C-like than Python-like to me, I think the semicolons are a good idea.