Comment by zelphirkalt

> To the vast majority of programmers, syntax matters.

And yet, when you tell them the reasons, why some other syntax than their Java/PHP/Python syntax would be better, they usually counter with "It's just syntax." or "Every language can achieve the same result, why care so much about syntax." or similar.

> C-style with brackets, or python whitespace, or Ruby do/end, these fit better the brains of the majority of programmers. Perhaps not the majority of HN readers but the majority of corporate devs.

I would need a source for that.

I think most programmer's brains have simply not been exposed to other syntaxes much or much too late, when their brain already calcified the C-style syntax. Or they don't actually care.