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Re:Julia Language Co-Creators Win James H. Wilkinson Prize f... by mruts on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @09:02PM (#18985360)
If every sentence ended in an "end" instead of a period, would you posit that that would be easier to read as well?

The crux of the issue is the signal to noise ratio. The more noise there is (syntax), the more difficult it is to pick up the signal (the semantics).

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Re:Julia Language Co-Creators Win James H. Wilkinson Prize f... by xiaodai on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @09:16PM (#18985426)
Sentence is not code! According to your logic, when do you see {} in prose?

begin some code some more code end

It's easier to read.

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