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Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya - Syntax Matters - What Programmers can learn from the World of Linguistics from Erlang Solutions on Vimeo . Syntax tends to get people remarkably upset in the programing world ( semicolons anyone? ), with virtually any introductory talk on Erlang (Haskell, Clojure, whatever) invariably containing a self-deprecatory quote about its Syntax.  The thing people tend to forget is that this isn't new!   Syntax has been upsetting hominids since the first australopithecus said " Urghk " instead of " Oook ", and got righteously thumped for it, and has continued to the present day (check out " French is better than " on Teh Googles ).   Whats worse, people tend to mistake Syntax for Semantics , resulting in both chaos (and torture. Seriously). I gave a rant talk on this topic at CodeMesh  a wee bit back. The video is above, and the slides below. Syntax - Why so CareMad? from Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya Remember...