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by xigoi 671 days ago
Many programmers seem to be scared of anything that doesn’t have semicolons and braces.
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Sometimes you need to lay things out differently to help comprehensibility.

Braces and semicolons exist so you can do that.

Sometimes it's just easier to read an array that's split over multiple lines.

Sometimes it's just easier to read a statement that's split over multiple lines.

Sometimes it's just easier to read two statements sharing the same line.

If your language's restrictions is making code harder to read, then it's making your job harder than it needs to be.