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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Tabs As Syntax
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:54:11 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:25:39 -0400, DFS wrote:

> Terminating lines with an arbitrary character, such as a semicolon, is 
> bogus to me.

It’s a punctuation symbol; its meaning is for that sort of purpose.