Optional semicolons -- more common than generally thought

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// optional semicolons in Go

package main

import "fmt"

func greet_with(name string) {
	fmt.Println("Hey there,", name);
};

func greet_without(name string) {
	fmt.Println("Hey there,", name)
}

func main() {
	greet_with("Thomas");
	greet_without("Thomas")
}



// optional semicolons in JavaScript

function greet_with(name) {
  console.log("Hey there, " + name);
};

function greet_without(name) {
  console.log("Hey there, " + name)
}

greet_with("Thomas");
greet_without("Thomas")



# optional semicolons in Python

def greet_with(name):
    print("Hey there, {}".format(name));

def greet_without(name):
    print("Hey there, {}".format(name))

greet_with("Thomas");
greet_without("Thomas")



# optional semicolons in Ruby

def greet_with(name);
  puts "Hey there, #{name}";
end;

def greet_without(name)
  puts "Hey there, #{name}"
end

greet_with("Thomas");
greet_without("Thomas")



# optional semicolons in Bash

function greet_with {
    echo Hey there, $1;
};

function greet_without {
    echo Hey there, $1
}

greet_with "Thomas";
greet_without "Thomas"



;; "optional semicolons" in Clojure

(defn greet-with [name];
  (println "Hey there," name));

(defn greet-without [name]
  (println "Hey there," name))

(greet-with "Thomas");
(greet-without "Thomas")

;; Yes, this does in fact constitute cheating ;-)