> > I've never heard C syntax reviled quite so intensely. What syntax > > do you like, out of curiosity? > > Pascal, Python, if written by someone who uses semantic identifiers > and avoids to use C(++)/Java-isms. I've seen Eiffel as well (without > understanding it) and it didn't look ridiculous to me.
Nor did a recent dialect of Cobol (since someone else mentioned it) horrify me at first sight to the point all those C-derivatives do. I also get to use SQL a bit (instead of those "query builders" that I consider as garbage), although that's just for databases of course. Verbosity is definitely A Good Thing. In fact, thinking of it, a really good language should imho *require* verbosity (how about a *minimum* length - or maybe even a dictionary-based sanity check - for identifiers?), since that already keeps all those lazy morons away who think that "shortcuts are cool". Sincerely, Wolfgang -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
