Sorry, in my post I never said or implied that having personal reasons for not liking something was invalid. Distinctly the opposite. The point I was making is mostly that not liking something doesn't mean it is less functional or successful. The parens in clojure are something to acclimate to, not a forever debt. But time and time again you'll see posts discounting the entire language because of them. Much the same with Go and lack of generics/verbosity.