That's one of the main ideas, certainly. The thesis is that there are a ton of people who would take one look at the ML syntax and go back to their Java/C#/JavaScript, not realizing there's more to it. But with Reason syntax (which btw was designed by the creator of Merlin), they would take another deeper look.
For people like you and me, we like the ML syntax and don't have too much need for a new one. But for many others, this may be the only way they will ever even decide to look at an ML. And hey–if after that they decide that they actually like the ML syntax better–well that's one of the 'secret' goals of Reason.
For people like you and me, we like the ML syntax and don't have too much need for a new one. But for many others, this may be the only way they will ever even decide to look at an ML. And hey–if after that they decide that they actually like the ML syntax better–well that's one of the 'secret' goals of Reason.