> type inferred when they are first used and their type cannot be changed after that

So, where is the power of C? Where is my void*?

> if, while and for in Ritchie are all such verbs. They are not keywords, as you can redefine them, although this is probably not a good idea.

This is the worst idea. Have you heard of C++? Are you really going to read someone else's code ever?

> Ritchie is whitespace sensitive

I am mixed on this. I think it works great with Python and Haskell, but is terrible with Ruby…