1) This is not "new syntax"; syntactically the language is exactly the same. It's just reordering of statements for clarity / maintainability. 2) Better langua

1) This is not "new syntax"; syntactically the language is exactly the same. It's just reordering of statements for clarity / maintainability. 2) Better languages don't have fall-through in the first place. The whole idea is just utterly weird.