Why is this valid code?
<p><a href="http://jsbin.com/idazeg/edit#javascript,html" rel="nofollow">http://jsbin.com/idazeg/edit#javascript,html</a></p>

<p>Can someone tell me how and <strong>why</strong> this is working?</p>

<pre><code>$('#pp').click (function () {
    ppp:doSomething('2'); //&lt;=== ppp , how is JS **eating** this ?
});
</code></pre>
