Semicolons: mostly unnecessary?

[BCS]

Hello Jérôme,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> Hello bearophile,
>> 
>>> This is not a problem, when you have optional semicolons, you add
>>> some syntax to fold long lines. Python uses \ Mathematica uses \\
>>> and so on. Languages like Scala, Boo, Genie, etc seem able to
>>> survive.
>>> 
>> The only one of those in common use is Python and its not a good date
>> point because of all the other whitespace stuff it does (it's in a
>> category all its own).
>> 
> Ruby?

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