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damosan <damo...@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:47:32 AM UTC-4, John Cowan wrote:
>  
>> One of the things Kernel got right is that by convention you 
>> write $if, $when, $lambda, etc.
>
> To me syntatic sugar like this is a crutch.  If you know the language
> having to type extra '$' is a pain in the butt.

By convention means noone forces you to do this. You don't have to mark
globals with '*' on both sides either, yet it has been shown to be
benefitial for those who read the code...