<p>I have always wondered. Do we do it because everyone does it, or is there a deeply dug reason for it? No, I don&#39;t want to read ECMA&#39;s guidelines. It&#39;s too much. Can you tell me in brief?</p>


I have always wondered. Do we do it because everyone does it, or is there a deeply dug reason for it? No, I don't want to read ECMA's guidelines. It's too much. Can you tell me in brief?


<p>I only need semicolons when reading js code in reddit app, it inlines everything and is hard to understand where a statement begins and ends.</p>


I only need semicolons when reading js code in reddit app, it inlines everything and is hard to understand where a statement begins and ends.

Why do you HAVE to use semicolons in JavaScript?

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