Post by @cm0002@lemy.lol

@rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2026-10-09 07:39

Python developer: LOL. LMAO

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@Heavybell@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 08:02

Ironically, the semicolon would go perfect at the end of the first line.

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@rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2026-10-09 08:24

Incorrect, that’s a Greek question mark

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@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-09 08:30

If one ignores the semicolon, it is at their own peril; they’re too useful, even when used slightly incorrectly

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@Zensate@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 08:50

I use semi-colons a lot. People are so intimidated by them and they refuse to admit how simple they are; it’s the combination of a comma and a colon, that’s it. Use it for when both are needed.

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@death_to_carrots@feddit.org 2026-10-09 09:00

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@FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 09:03

Also self harm survivors apparently tattoo themselves with it. I like to think it’s a reminder for them that life goes on.

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@MolochHorridus@piefed.social 2026-10-09 09:11

it’s good someone has invented use for that key.

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@TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 10:15

As a literary nerd, I use it a lot.

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@farmgineer@nord.pub 2026-10-09 10:20

My senior highschool English teacher (a somewhat precocious PHD student), assigned us basically the opposite of code golf; make the longest grammatically correct sentence you can (with some rules that basically amounted to ‘do not be boring/repetitive’). The use of semicolons was encouraged.

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@desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 10:30

those days are largely over for a few major langauges

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@diemartin@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-09 10:48

Python and Lua would like to have a word with you

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@CactusEcho@piefed.social 2026-10-09 10:51

Lisp devs don’t understand this

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@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-10-09 11:20

I wore out that key on my computer. Betweeen IRC and Java, it didn’t last long.

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@Fizz@lemmy.nz 2026-10-09 11:25

I hate the stupid semi colon. Why do I need to add it to the end of a line? Why is python smart enough not to need it but other languages still havent fixed it.

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@reader@lemmy.zip 2026-10-09 11:37

technically its called a winkie eye

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@chunes@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 11:37

So many of the languages that don’t use semicolons to separate statements use them to start line comments. It’s like some sort of flex.

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@Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 13:04

Bold of you to assume i dont use it daily; it helps to be autistic and need to explain complex thoughts in a single sentence.

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@JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 2026-10-09 13:13

It’s the sniff between cocaine rants

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@skisnow@lemmy.ca 2026-10-09 13:32

That grammar begs to be read in a Russian accent

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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-10-09 13:37

I use smei-colons all the time; they’re fun.

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@ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 2026-10-09 13:43

It is a semicolon; we barely use it.

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@lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 13:51

English Teacher: It is semicolon we hardly use it. So… It’s perfectly cromulent to everyone here that an English teacher isn’t using proper punctuation and capitalization?

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@toynbee@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 14:49

youtube.com/watch?v=M94ii6MVilw

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@Agent641@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 15:23

I don’t always use a semicolon, but when I do, it’s because I mistyped on my keyboard

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@Kojichan@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 15:46

Semicolons were the staple "eyes: in many emoticons back in the day. ;) ;P ;_;

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@GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 15:49

I use it all the time; especially when it’s completely; uncalled for.

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@BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 10:28

Fuck that; I love semicolons.

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@NotAnOtter@lemmus.org 2026-10-09 17:08

“If you can replace a semicolon or hyphen with a comma/period, you probably should”. Writing advice I received at age ~10 and it never stopped being relevant in literature contexts

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@bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 17:09

A lot of at least entry-level comp sci is taught in Python these days

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@Psythik@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 18:07

I use them all the time; I feel like most people don’t know how to use them, however.

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@fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-09 18:17

Tab gang Rise Up

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@samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-09 20:45

It is a semicolon; we will hardly use it.