I see. I applaud new ideas, but personally I find Go's choice visually jarring; on the screen it ends up looking like a train wreck: fmt.Printf(colorizeWit

I see. I applaud new ideas, but personally I find Go's choice visually jarring; on the screen it ends up looking like a train wreck: fmt.Printf(colorizeWithAnsi(strings.Replace(s, " ", "/", -1)); It goes from being mere syntax (like Ruby's elegant use of '@' to denote instance variables) to screwing with the names themselves apparently just to avoid introducing keyword (like Java's 'public') or additional syntax for exporting symbols.