If the syntax ends up being a great match for your ideas, I've got a lot to look forward to! Syntax is a big aspect of how much or little I enjoy working with a language. I'm hoping for something Python-ish in terms of simplicity and readability, but I think there's room to improve upon even that.
I'm very happy to not see much redundant punctuation where formatting makes meaning clear, and to not see keywords where punctuation makes meaning clear. But since mutability is being deemphasized, maybe we can even get a single equals for equality, and give assignment the longer symbol?
I agree that syntax is more important than us "rational" programmers like to let on. The syntax will be similar to Python, but nothing fantastic.
I think switching the usual meaning of = and == will be confusing. O'Caml uses = and == for deep and shallow comparison respectively and <- for assignment. That is a possibility.
I'm very happy to not see much redundant punctuation where formatting makes meaning clear, and to not see keywords where punctuation makes meaning clear. But since mutability is being deemphasized, maybe we can even get a single equals for equality, and give assignment the longer symbol?