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dailyjs did a nice writeup recently http://dailyjs.com/2012/01/19/semicolons/ http://dailyjs.com/2012/01/19/semicolons/ and isaac (npm guy) wrote a really good

dailyjs did a nice writeup recently http://dailyjs.com/2012/01/19/semicolons/ http://dailyjs.com/2012/01/19/semicolons/ and isaac (npm guy) wrote a really good piece on it that I like better then mislavs http://blog.izs.me/post/2353458699/an-open-letter-to-javascript-leaders-regarding http://blog.izs.me/post/2353458699/an-open-letter-to-javascr.... I don't even have a problem with people who want to put semi-colons all over the place, I am just tired of having to defend myself on why I choose not to. And it feels kind of odd that I have to, because I am not the one adding redundant characters everywhere

sanderjd 15y ago
The reason you have to defend yourself is that your style is currently less idiomatic than their style. The caveat of non-idiomatic choices is that you have to defend them either indefinitely or until the idioms change, whichever comes first. What I find odd is when people make a non-mainstream choice and aren't willing to put in the effort to back it up - swimming against the stream is great, but you have to be able to explain to people why you're doing it or be tough enough to ignore them when they ask.