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Why? No ability to nest functions? Why do you need a semicolon at the end of "end"?

• crabmusket 3y ago
  > No ability to nest functions? Correct > Why do you need a semicolon at the end of "end"? Per the rationale[1], "The purpose of the semicolon is to provide redundancy, which aids both reading and parser error recovery." Also, "For many people, semicolons represent the distinction between an old and crusty language and a modern one, in which case the semicolon serves a function similar to the use of Comic Sans by the OpenBSD project." [1]: https://austral-lang.org/spec/spec.html#rationale-syntax https://austral-lang.org/spec/spec.html#rationale-syntax