Early adopters shouldn't throw stones... :) But in fact I quite like the 
new Dict syntax, which seems to be more explicit and readable. Curly braces 
seem to be gainfully employed elsewhere doing type stuff. And experts can 
make short cuts, either in Julia or in their editors...

I confess I'm a bit puzzled by having to change `[1:10]` to `[1:10...]`, 
but then again, `collect(1:10)` is more explicit and readable. So I think 
it's progress.

I suppose, as a former user of The Programming Language Formerly Known as 
Mathematica", I might be more grateful than others for a  less 
punctuation-heavy language syntax. Mathematica Wizards can fluently read 
and write code like this:

     lcm = Fold[#/#2/._~_~x_|_:>#x&,1,{##}]&

but I'm happy with a more readable approach.

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