Too terse and too alien?

[Jesse Kuhnert]

My only concern is being able to distinguish between syntax opinions
coming from seeing something "new" vs something "wrong".

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Ruben Badaró <ruben.badaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe that aesthetics, with their effect on perception and emotional
> response are being a bit ignored during this process. We're (mostly) all
> engineers here and it's normal for functional goals to supersede other less
> objective concerns.
> Regarding the feel of Java, I would say there is a generalized,
> almost unintelligible feeling of what looks like Java and what doesn't. This
> is a similar notion to what the Python community calls "being pythonic".
> While most people in this case don't really know what it should look like,
> the feedback from outside the mailing list appears to point that a number of
> people (in my personal sampled universe, a lot of people) don't think the
> proposal feels like Java.
> In my opinion, the group should consider this feedback very seriously.
>
> Best Regards,
> Ruben Badaró
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Jesse Kuhnert <jkuhnert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Though I know I'm now expressing a different opinion than I was
>> originally (thanks to Alex for pointing it out), a lot of this is
>> indeed artistic / creative and not strictly measurable in the
>> traditional sense. If we did things that way we'd just slap some blue
>> colors on it like google and call it a day right? (not trying to pick
>> on google too much, but well ...)
>>
>> Much like traditional art, not all opinions are created equal. Not
>> saying that anyone is right / wrong, just that I'd tend to trust the
>> most knowledgeable to brainstorm and find something that feels the
>> most natural above anything else. (not that alternative syntax options
>> probably aren't welcome as long as they fit all the same functional
>> goals)
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot
>> <reinier at zwitserloot.com> wrote:
>> <snipped/>
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