;-)

[cheerfulstoic]

I just found this article on the history and slow demise of the semicolon. An excerpt:

When the Times of London reported in 1837 on two University of Paris law profs dueling with swords, the dispute wasn't over the fine points of the Napoleonic Code. It was over the point-virgule: the semicolon. "The one who contended that the passage in question

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[lynore]

There is a lack of semicolons in this post.

[cheerfulstoic]

I know; I was afraid of getting wounded in the arm.

[captainspam]

As a C, C++, PHP, Perl, and Java programmer, I am very well aware of the semicolon's importance; in fact, I would argue that the colon is far less useful to me. :-)

[andymant]

I hate semicolans with a passion, I wish they would just die already.

[cheerfulstoic]

See, you could've used a semicolon right there!

[good_ol_don]

I was about to try and post something witty; however, I see that others have already beaten me to my usual punch.