@property - take it behind the woodshed and shoot it?

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On Thursday, 24 January 2013 at 20:20:42 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote:
> Let's consider what a property really is. It's a data 
> encapsulation tool. They allow us to expose object internal 
> data in a safe way. Nuking the idea is a step backwards.

This, this and this again. Reading this thread I sometimes get 
the feeling that part of programmers treat property as a nice way 
to save 2 extra symbols. Or probably to play with verb/noun 
meaning. It has different goals from both of those.