[StefanKarpinski]

There are many fine languages that have used `end` to delimit blocks, including: Pascal — an elegant, classic language (and my first, personally); Ruby — another gem (get it). And yes, also Matlab, which is hardly unique in this respect.

[IshKebab]

Right, but Julia is not derived from Ruby or Pascal.

[StefanKarpinski]

Julia isn't derived from Matlab either and was influenced as much by Ruby as by Matlab.