The whole parens thing is pretty silly. It only turns people off because they think somehow that they it's OK to be turned off by them. Could you imagine if so

The whole parens thing is pretty silly. It only turns people off because they think somehow that they it's OK to be turned off by them. Could you imagine if someone went into a C++ forum and complained about all the semicolons and brackets? They'd get laughed right out of their Usenet client. Instead, people try to make it OK that people don't like parens, by constantly bringing up the parens in hushed voices like they are some sort of evil force out to steal our first-born children. It's bizarre, especially in light of the fact that people don't seem to have any problems with any other sigils.