Totally fair! I know semicolons aren’t for everyone — W++ leans into a mix of familiar C-style syntax with some Python-style simplicity, but it’s definitely not a perfect fit for all tastes.

Appreciate the kind words regardless — and who knows, maybe I’ll experiment with optional semicolons in a future version.

For me, having semi colon be a non-configurable default is a non starter. Languages like Go or C take it too far. I prefer a typescript like language where semi colons are configurable through a config file or tool.

Typescript itself is a non starter because of non-configurable "brackets around if conditions" behavior. I pretty much write any language I wanna use these days depending on the task. Use the right tool for the right job. I do generally target perl 5.8 as a backend though. Seemed simpler and most widely supported backend across all systems I came across. Has been super stable since '02.