The Semicolon Paradox

compiler semicolon syntax error Programming languages Syntax English vs coding

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The Semicolon Paradox

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English teachers casually dismissing semicolons while CS students have existential breakdowns at the mere thought of forgetting one. In languages like C, Java, and JavaScript, that tiny punctuation mark is the difference between working code and a compiler having a mental breakdown. Nothing says "character development" like spending 3 hours debugging only to discover you missed a semicolon on line 247. The compiler doesn't care about your feelings; it just wants its syntactic sugar.

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