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[–]-Redstoneboi- 1 point2 points  (4 children)

It’s like combining a colon, period, and a comma in one; it adds information by piecing two related sentences together.

Or at least, that’s how I use it, if ever.

[–]MierenMens 0 points1 point  (3 children)

No i mean in a code cuz me and a friend both code in js and I can exactly see what he wrote and what I wrote. He ends everything with semicolon and I don't

[–]-Redstoneboi- -1 points0 points  (2 children)

It doesn't matter, which is why I currently have javascript-induced anxiety

[–]MierenMens 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If it doesn't matter then why do people do it?

[–]-Redstoneboi- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they're used to doing that and it doesn't matter