Kagamin:

> Aren't curly braces the same redundancy as semicolons, serving the same 
> purpose?

The information represented by the curly braces is represented by the 
indentation levels. The semicolons are not necessary to represent logical 
nesting, and indeed some Python-style languages avoid them. The semicolons were 
added by Guido V.R. because an usability test on the ABC language (that's the 
base for Python) has shown they improve readability, they help the mammals that 
write the program.

Bye,
bearophile

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