A keyword-heavy syntax ought to make it easier to produce helpful error messages (I'm a fan of very terse syntax, but do admit that when you mess up with it, y

A keyword-heavy syntax ought to make it easier to produce helpful error messages (I'm a fan of very terse syntax, but do admit that when you mess up with it, you probably typed something that's also syntactically, and often even semantically, valid — so you don't get as much support from the machine as a novice might like) > "the experienced user will usually know what's wrong" —KLT