You've identified a real issue (the functional features work badly except as one liners), and a good fix (only use them as one liners). I think the cause has e

You've identified a real issue (the functional features work badly except as one liners), and a good fix (only use them as one liners). I think the cause has everything to do with some poor choices around the parser and syntax, however, and nothing to do with its imperative nature as such.