&gt; Could you elaborate why you don&#x27;t like the &#x27;perl&#x2F;python&#x27; style changes?<p>It&#x27;s really just a style preference. I enjoy the &quot;look&quot; of C-family code.<p>&gt;why one would choose to limit oneself to things like .bind(this)<p>I know &#x27;this&#x27; is a source of pain for a lot of people. For me, I see it a source of flexibility. I&#x27;ve found the ability to control the context at will to be a huge benefit. It&#x27;s a feature I miss when I&#x27;m writing in other languages.