I do find having keyword parameters for free, as Ada does, to be an interesting feature, but the need to make the parameter names part of the interface is a dra

I do find having keyword parameters for free, as Ada does, to be an interesting feature, but the need to make the parameter names part of the interface is a drawback. Common Lisp separates positional parameters and keywords, but at the cost of some efficiency and yet other drawbacks. In general, though, I don't see the issue with always needing to pick good names. It's very simple to use single-character names if one needs to, such as for a mathematical function, or simply a procedure where the letters have clear meanings or will likely never be used to start with. Asides from the design features I thought were jokes when I first learned of them, such as one-line lambdas and whatnot, this ''beginner's language'' certainly has a great deal of complicated syntax sugar and other things being added to it.