# The syntax thread!

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/the-syntax-thread/926>\
**Category:** General Dev Chat\
**Tags:** opinions, syntax\
**Created:** [27 June 2020 14:57 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/the-syntax-thread/926 "2020-06-27T14:57:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![hauleth](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/hauleth/32/599_2.png) [@hauleth](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/hauleth)\
**Post date:** [28 June 2020 09:38 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/the-syntax-thread/926/3 "2020-06-28T09:38:09Z")

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Whatever people say I prefer languages with block delimiters instead of off-side rule. Off-side rule is okayish in configuration languages and other languages that describe trees (like HAML or Slime), but IMHO do not works well in programming languages (sorry Python, I never really liked you anyway).

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