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Having 2 to 3 keywords for the exact same purpose seems like a nightmare. Do we need `def`, `fun`, and `function`? Just pick one and only one.

On another note, the docs are not so good. They're really missing a few real life examples with unit tests.



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This alone made me stop reading. There is absolutely no reason for this. It's an extra thing I have to think about when reading/writing code with literally zero benefit. Now people new to the language have extra stuff to learn. Languages need less ways to do the same thing. Not more.

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