OK, clearly some Julia fans down-voted my comment, perhaps because they misunderstood it.  I was trying to say something about human psychology.  We can admit that it is silly, but we can&#x27;t pretend that it doesn&#x27;t exist.  This may be a bigger deal than they realize.<p>Programming languages are used primarily by humans, which means they must be designed with human psychology in mind.  Today, Julia would have (even) more community support if not for this seemingly inconsequential decision.  The fact that it seems to be succeeding anyway is largely in spite of, not because of, this design choice.