> but Java's syntax will always be what it is due to it's legacy. It's not "modern" syntax, and the way it handles fluent expressions will always be kludgey.
Good. If you're constantly learning something new about your language, there's something wrong with your language. There's 2 good ways to design a language: simple and powerful, or simple and simple.
Modern languages go for complex and powerful, which I personally dislike. Instead of building a simple but powerful language, they build special case upon special case until they have a powerfully complex language. The unfortunate thing is it's only powerful in the blessed ways, hence the complexity, rather than being generally powerful.
Good. If you're constantly learning something new about your language, there's something wrong with your language. There's 2 good ways to design a language: simple and powerful, or simple and simple.
Modern languages go for complex and powerful, which I personally dislike. Instead of building a simple but powerful language, they build special case upon special case until they have a powerfully complex language. The unfortunate thing is it's only powerful in the blessed ways, hence the complexity, rather than being generally powerful.
All the above is IMHO of course.