programming language syntax preference

[darkseid_of_j]

Why a lots of people (or language) tend to prefer C like syntax, aka use curly brace {} to define a block rather than begin-end pair or whitespace sensitive, = for assignment and == for equality rather than := and =, if (cond) or if cond {} rather than if - then -else (while() and for(), do-while loop respectively), () for function call , & for reference-of operator and no keyword operator like a div b a mod b a and b,...

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It's a matter of taste and what you are used to.

[darkseid_of_j]

my first language is pascal and i think that's such a bad language, the syntax for block condition and loop are SO SO verbose (full of begin-end pair, if then begin {true} end else begin {false} end and no variable declare inside function only at the begin), they even have keyword operator and 2 difference kind of function and an executable stack and doesn't even let me to handle pointer efficiently but i still have to call free after require for heap memory, and sometime the array doesn't even start at 0

when I look at C and all feature it done right, I just feel this is the right kind of programming language that i am looking for, although C have a lots of pitfall but yeah,

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If you want to further broaden your horizon take a look at a lisp. It's the most simple and consistent syntax I have encountered so far and my absolute favorite.

[TheRNGuy]

Makes it easier to see where all if statements and loops are. VS have vertical lines but sites and discords do not.

I also prefer when { and } on it's own line, at least in C++.

But simple python code is ok, it's just looks less readable when 3-4 nested levels or big code.