It is just remnants from people who are already familiar with those languages. Those learning sometimes see it and don't quite understand that they're not necessary, because they're just learning, so they use them, too. Also, I believe that some authors choose to leave them in with macro scripts, when the code is all on one line, to visually separate things.
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