It's a matter of taste. Syntax isn't an issue if you're used to OCaml (which arguably has worse syntax -- semicolon as a list separator!) so there's no problem

It's a matter of taste. Syntax isn't an issue if you're used to OCaml (which arguably has worse syntax -- semicolon as a list separator!) so there's no problem for that section of the userbase. I don't know how people coming from JS generally feel.