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When using semicolons in JavaScript matters
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This fails in Firefox, Chrome, and maybe others.

Copy-and-paste all three lines (at the same time) into a debug console to try it for yourself.

function foo() { /* code goes here */ }
foo() // There is no semi-colon here. Add one to fix there error.
(function() { /* anonymouse function */ })() // bork!

Bork! TypeError: undefined is not a function

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