Israel:
I think the languages out there with the cleanest looking syntax
is C# and similarly Java.
Haskell and Python have a much cleaner syntax compared to
C#/Java. But sometimes in Haskell you don't have enough anchor
points to quickly understand what the code means. So I think the
modern F# syntax is a good compromise.
In C# i would use something like:
int ThisNumber;
ThisNumber = Console.ReadLine();
in D it looks worse with its "old" way of doing it:
int thisNumber
readf("%s", &thisNumber);
Do you want to use a "%d"?
A more common way to do it in D is something like:
auto inLines = readln.byLine;
immutable thisNumber = inLines.front.to!int;
inLines.popFront;
The point is, I agree. Syntax like this is so terrible to look
at it hurts. I feel like i lose 10 minutes of my lifespan every
time i look at this.
It's also a lot a matter of getting used to it.
Bye,
bearophile
