> (I notice a few comments describing this syntax as less readable. My first thought was that these comments were sarcastic/trolling, but I've concluded that th

> (I notice a few comments describing this syntax as less readable. My first thought was that these comments were sarcastic/trolling, but I've concluded that they're serious – but written by programmers who think very differently than I do!) I think you have to take into account familiarity here. Rust uses "fn" for functions, which is really short (the same as := really), but it's easy to see how it's the short version of "function". On the other hand, := is assignment in some languages (usually Pascal descendants), and is used for "definition" in BDNF. That makes it hard to map it to "function".