bearophile wrote:
So why does D have ; as a statement terminator? The simple answer is
because D is intended to have a low barrier for entry for C, C++, etc.,
programmers. The familiar look & feel makes the new language less
intimidating.<
Note that in Python ending semicolons are optional, if you use them there are
no errors, I have personally seen several C/Java programmers write Python
code this way and this causes zero problems: x = 5; print x;
And a C++ programmer scared by the fact that ending semicolons are optional?
Scared probably isn't the right word, though I can see you inferred that from
"intimidating". I'd just like a C++ programmer to feel right at home using D.
In JavaScript I want to use semicolons) :-)
You should - the inference bit is just bad.
