This whole discussion is reminding me of Wadler's Law of Language
Design [1], it's nice to see that in 15 years things haven't changed
much!
WADLER'S LAW OF LANGUAGE DESIGN
In any language design, the total time spent discussing
a feature in this list is proportional to two raised to
the power of its position.
0. Semantics
1. Syntax
2. Lexical syntax
3. Lexical syntax of comments
[1] http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~curry,/listarchive/0017.html
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