consequences of removing semicolons in D like in Python

[eugene via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 17 September 2016 at 13:11:50 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
wrote:
> On 09/16/2016 07:00 PM, eugene wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> what if to remove semicolons at the end of each line of code 
>> in D like
>> in Python?
>> Is it worth it?
>
> Not worth it. Gripes about semicolons are a symptom of only 
> seeing the superficial and not really understanding enough 
> about languages to see what really is and isn't important. It's 
> like dumping someone because you don't like the color of a 
> dress they wore. Superficial, shallow, inconsequential bikeshed 
> bullcrap, not even worth debating.

why?
groovy, for e.g., is ok without semicolons and with semicolons.
if there is a question of backward compatibility, is it possible 
to support semicolons?