For me it comes down to this: If the language uses blocks for its own constructs, it ought to let you use blocks for yours. If blocks are a bad idea for your co

For me it comes down to this: If the language uses blocks for its own constructs, it ought to let you use blocks for yours. If blocks are a bad idea for your constructs, then they ought to be a bad idea for `if` and `for` and all the other constructs languages like Javascript provide that have blocks of their own.