Being anti-semicolon in JavaScript is kind of like being anti-parentheses in Lisp. The automatic semicolon insertion is a "feature" to give some leeway to new/

Being anti-semicolon in JavaScript is kind of like being anti-parentheses in Lisp. The automatic semicolon insertion is a "feature" to give some leeway to new/sloppy developers, not a real feature that good developers should use.