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It doesn't avoid the debate; it just makes it take place when choosing the language.

Have you really seen language chosen based on formatting?
I've seen python rejected because of it
Indeed. I still hate Python space sensitive syntax after 2 years of working with it.
Indeed, that's the only reasonable scenario that comes to mind.

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