The melancholy decline of the semicolon

Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by Decabytes on Saturday November 27, 2021 @08:27AM (#29359988)

I find it amusing that programmers use semicolons more often then writers.

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Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by joegahona on Saturday November 27, 2021 @07:33PM (#29365047)

They also use square brackets and curly braces more often than writers. That's not as amusing, for some reason.

It does feel like the semicolon doesn't deserve a position on home row anymore. I would demote it for a different letter or even the question mark. Actually I might try this on my Ergodox.

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Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by amelius on Saturday November 27, 2021 @08:52AM (#29360136)

Programming is the new literacy.

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Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by contingencies on Saturday November 27, 2021 @03:14PM (#29362965)

In that case, it seems the literati are opting to curtail their own literacy; recent languages trend toward reducing them: Python, Ruby, Rust.

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Re:The melancholy decline of the semicolon by hjtkfkfmr on Saturday November 27, 2021 @08:38AM (#29360052)

Nature finds a way to balance things...

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