Don Y wrote:
  A = B + 1
 technically has two bits of punctuation but they are semi-intuitive;
 one would assume "equals" to mean '=', etc.
 OTOH:
 A ::= B + 1 
B + 1 -> A       Seems more streight forward to me.
B > 1 if ...   fi   how about
B <= 5 if ... then ... fi
B = 7  ifthen ... j ifthen ... fi
begin ...  end
call  a b c foobar