It's funny, because I was thinking exactly about ';', ',' and '.' when writing about consistency. ';' separates clauses - in functions, 'case', 'if' and 'receive' alike. ',' separates expressions - everywhere. And '.' ends definitions. I find this consistent, but - this being syntax - it's purely subjective, so it's not like I'm disagreeing with you - I just like it the way it is.

It's not Smalltalk with it's six (IIRC) syntax constructs nor is it Lisp, but compared to the syntax of C++ or other rather baroque syntaxes it is simple :)