fib-semi.js

; var http = require('http')
; var fork = require('child_process').fork

; function fib(n) {
; ; if (n < 2) {
; ; ; return 1
; ; } else {
; ; ; return fib(n - 2) + fib(n - 1)
; ; }
; }

; if (process.argv[2] == 'fib') {
; ; var r = fib(40)
; ; process.send({ result: r })
; ; process.exit(0)
; } else {
; ; var server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
; ; ; var child = fork(__filename, [ 'fib' ])
; ; ; child.on('message', function(m) {
; ; ; ; res.writeHead(200)
; ; ; ; res.end(m.result + "\n")
; ; ; })
; ; })
; ; server.listen(8000)
; ; console.log("server online at http://localhost:8000/")
; }

Not only does it look fantastic because there are no pesky semicolons at the end of each line

This is the most stupid argument I've ever heard. Just use semicolon

Urge to kill, rising.

Awesome!

Could this be built into vim? Maybe we could extend with something like semitabs instead of softtabs and have :retab insert this instead?

Sorry man, you're a little late to the party on this one. I've had my IDE set up to do this for months already...

Any minifier automagically removes all the semicolons for production anyway. I don't know how... it just knows.

WIN: I love how easy it is to read

; if (foo) {
; ; // do something
; ; if (bar) {
; ; }
; } else {
; ; // do something
; }

It's all becoming curly braces :)

It seems to me that this could potentially make the code slower by making the interpreter think it has to parse additional expressions. Depends on how it was designed I think.

Hey folks, sorry to spoil the party, but this is a joke. In other words, it wasn't intended to be taken seriously.

@sovcn - That's an implementation detail up to the browsers to fix. We should be writing idiomatic js, optimized for style, not performance.

★★★★★

@jakobo omg, you're so right! This is not only super readable but it brings syntax consistency to large teams!

@kswedberg nice try trying to mislead us - this is totes for reals

@danheberden think of the children!

I'm currently in the process of writing a build tool that will help you convert your old code to this new convention. Don't worry, help is on the way!

Thank god for the soldiers of the web such as yourself - may the spirit of the semicolon cause your cup of success to overflow.

"The" semicolon is strong with this one.

The best part is that it looks like the code I already write!! Because my text editor puts the vertical lines in for me already

see

this is from a new aplication im building called "process-content.php"

@cowboy sweet line numbers ^_^