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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

And then all of the syntax is just the uppermost most superficial layer of a language.

The hard parts that really matter are in semantics of the language. Language semantics affect performance, reliability, and maintainability. Neat tabs or curly brackets don't help if it's hard to properly handle errors, process text without screwing up encoding, or use threads without mangling data.