Succinctness is power -- http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html -- probably the best article for a language designer. Not onl

Succinctness is power -- http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html -- probably the best article for a language designer. Not only succinctness is power, it turns out to be the most important quality of a good programming language. The rest is a matter of taste, I think.