(you either use var or val, making it easy to change from re-assignable variables to final ones) I imagine that must be a headache for non-native speakers for

(you either use var or val, making it easy to change from re-assignable variables to final ones) I imagine that must be a headache for non-native speakers for whom "l" and "r" are indistinguishable. Imagine coding in a language developed in China with keywords "mā" and "mǎ"… most English-speaking developers would never remember which one to use because they can't distinguish between the two verbally.