[imron]

> The inverted typed declaration syntax for variables and functions will take some getting used to, but that part is very minor.

Go, Rust, Swift, Ada, Pascal - languages both modern and old also use that inverted syntax and it's not such a burden to get used to.

> I don't like are the lack of exception handling

If done properly, it's possible to do without exceptions and have more robust and readable code - see for example Rust with its Error type and the try macro/? operator, which I've found I much prefer to exceptions.