From your reference [0]: <i>(note that variables begin with an uppercase letter)</i><p>Seriously? Making case not merely distinct but <i>semantically significant</i> is a deal breaker for me.<p>(Does that at least work for all Unicode characters that support case distinction? If we start an identifier with a Δ, is that a variable name, as opposed to starting with δ?)<p>&gt; <i>It appears that you don&#x27;t understand Erlang syntax.</i><p>Yet I formed a correct hypothesis: the meaning does hinge on the case of X.<p>I only formed this hypothesis because I&#x27;m jaded.<p>The designer of a non-clusterfuck syntax would be offended by such a cynical hypothesis. (&quot;How can you even <i>think</i> I made case semantically significant in a symbol?&quot;)<p>I was hoping someone would tell me exactly that and set me straight about how it <i>really</i> works. Like maybe that X and bar are assumed to be declared somehow or whatever.