To me that phrase of Wirth certainly opened new lines of thought. Notation is clearly a tool. One can be better than another, but there's no reason to become fa

To me that phrase of Wirth certainly opened new lines of thought. Notation is clearly a tool. One can be better than another, but there's no reason to become fascinated with the notation itself and strive to perfect the expression (e.g. to write "pythonic" code). If the notation doesn't fit the task, it's the notation that should change. And so on.