This all rather makes me appreciate the simplicity of lisp syntax. No precedence rules, no ambiguity and trivially easy for my editor to automatically indent correctly. That fact is very very useful. There's no need for a distinction between trinary if and if/else either - they are one and the same thing. I know the more 'textured' appearance of perl code helps to add visual distinctiveness and is a more natural way of expressing some things, but it sure is easy to edit lisp code with a good editor.

I realise of course that lisp syntax (or lack thereof) is not to everyones taste though. By the way - I rather like the doSomething() if $condition; notation in perl - it seems to fit the way my brain works quite well for a lot of cases.

With the significant whitespace perl6 syntax does seem to be heading in the direction of increased hairiness.

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