They are both about equally clear, but the former syntax will always take less time to process (unless perhaps you are a Java programmer who is familiar with th

They are both about equally clear, but the former syntax will always take less time to process (unless perhaps you are a Java programmer who is familiar with the latter syntax but unfamiliar with the former, in which case it's not a valid comparison anyway). If it's an analysis-oriented package with most of the work done at a REPL, less time to type, too.