On: Why Compilers Don’t Autocorrect “Obvious” Parse Er...

[zzo38computer]

I really dislike the automatic semicolon insertion feature of JavaScript. (It is, in my opinion, one of the worst features of JavaScript.)

(A preprocessor could be used to fix it if wanted, I suppose, but then it must be preprocessed and converted)

[zamadatix → zzo38computer]

I feel the same, the exclusions to ASI (such as on "return") turn it into a pain if you try to use it and the feature itself makes it a pain if you don't try to use it. The worst of both worlds in that regard.