[UnoriginalGuy]

The reason I /like/ semi-colons is that I can automate code formatting to my pleasure. If I open someone else's code file and they are doing strange things (e.g. spaces instead of tabs, { on the same line, etc) then I can have the IDE re-format everything in a split second to my preferences, and they can do exactly the same.

Or if the project manager is requiring all code to be formatting a certain way then I can re-format the code before I submit it. Plus with a language you can so quickly and painlessly re-format, why even require code style standards that dictate whitespace?

While some of this MIGHT be possible with VB.net, it is a lot trickier since whitespace is "content" in that language.