"Christopher Wright" <dhase...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:hboivs$l8...@digitalmars.com... > AJ wrote: >> "Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message >> news:hbo88h$1q...@digitalmars.com... >>> AJ wrote: >>>> Walter, do you write at all? If so, why not take a breather and write >>>> an article about this, given that you have direct experience in >>>> addition to opinion on the topic? :) >>> I write an awful lot - blogs, documentation, articles, presentations, >>> etc. The ; debate, though, is a very old and tired one, and makes me >>> tired just thinking about it :-) So many much more interesting things to >>> write about. >>> >>> Bottom line: yes, there is a case both ways. Nobody will be convinced to >>> change sides. Both can be made to work. There's nothing new to say about >>> it. >> >> How about just a list of pros and cons for each? Or even, just the >> esoteric things that you as an implementer may already know that the >> layman doesn't? > > If you're trying to catch C/C++ coders, you need semicolons.
I'm a C++ user, and I asked the question! > If they're optional in some circumstances, Rather, required in some circumstances. > that will lead to recommendations that you always include them in case the > code changes to require them. I didn't know D sought to lure people away from other languages! Not that I think keeping something unnecessary (if it is so) in their language is the way to attract them. <snipped rest of wild contrivation>