Wow, this is one of the ugliest new languages I've seen in a very long time. The author wonders why popularization is nowhere to be found... I think it's quite obvious just by skimming the first few pages of the tutorial.

Syntax-wise, MANOOL is a homoiconic programming language. It has its advantages and drawbacks, as everything, but it is definitely not designed to cause first good impression to those who are not familiar with such concept (seen, e.g., in CommonLisp, Scheme, or Clojure, which are considered incomprehensible by some people).

But what do you think about the article idea itself (apart from the syntax matters as it is orthogonal anyway)?

Hmm, aesthetics is a matter of taste...