IMHO if such a superficial aspect is what's breaking it for someone, I'm thinking they're a bit hung up on trivia, the rest of Nim is really very good and other

IMHO if such a superficial aspect is what's breaking it for someone, I'm thinking they're a bit hung up on trivia, the rest of Nim is really very good and other languages should copy it more. In practice the symbol thing really isn't an issue...