> Introducing a new keyword is always very, very dangerous and has the
> potential to break a lot of code (witness what happened with assert), so any
> language designer worth their salt will always avoid doing so unless there
> is really no other way.

Of course, other languages worth their salt actually solves the
problem and moves the art forward with techniques such as context-
sensitive keywords and deferred tiered resolving.

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