It's not about syntax, it's about * Dependency managment * Rake-like cli tasks (mix) * Compile-time metaprogramming * Clean and consistent standard library

It's not about syntax, it's about * Dependency managment * Rake-like cli tasks (mix) * Compile-time metaprogramming * Clean and consistent standard library * Really good UTF8 support * Well, syntax in a sense "easier to understand for switchers from ruby/python/etc"