If the syntax is good enough for the information, it should be good enough for the meta-information. - Erik Naggum

Let's just hope that all the world is run by Bill Gates before the Perl hackers can destroy it.

What people "want" is a function of what they learn is available. If you wish to sell something, you'd better understand that you can't give people what they want in the market today, because what they want today is what they can already get. You have to discover what they really want, and find some way to give that physical shape.

Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with different syntaxes.