Could part of the problem be that programming languages hijacked ASCII characters which partially hijacked typewriter functionality? Pascal was always my least

Could part of the problem be that programming languages hijacked ASCII characters which partially hijacked typewriter functionality? Pascal was always my least favorite language, because it never felt practical. For instance, its assignment requires two shifted keystrokes. Whereas the equal symbol requires one non-shifted keystroke. In my ideal world, ISO would just standardize programming symbols. Then, languages could build around those common symbols, and then better input devices could be designed. It amazes me that for as much money we spend on software (How many millions of programmers are there in the world?), we're still using a modified typewriter as our primary input device. Look at all the nicely designed specialized input devices we have for video games; surely we can come up with something better for programming.