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The syntax is killing these languages. Sure it's superficial, but programmers are human beings and I doubt most people find it appealing to voluntary stare at a

by dpc_pw 11y ago

The syntax is killing these languages. Sure it's superficial, but programmers are human beings and I doubt most people find it appealing to voluntary stare at and type PROCEDURE BEGIN END and other LONGCAPITALIZEDWORDS...

pjmlp 11y ago
Most programmer friendly editors for those languages supported formatting as you type, gofmt isn't the first of its kind. Also it makes very easy to recognize reserved keywords.
- dpc_pw 11y ago
  BEGIN COMMENT No matter what editor does, programmer still has to look at this ugliness. :D END
  - pjmlp 11y ago
    Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. :)