Syntax matters for ease of writing code transformation and analysis tools (e.g. syntax checking, refactoring, formatting, generation) that consistently and eff

Syntax matters for ease of writing code transformation and analysis tools (e.g. syntax checking, refactoring, formatting, generation) that consistently and efficiently work. IIRC, it was a design goal of the Go syntax to make such tools simpler. C++, on the other hand, has a reputation of being impossible to parse with anything except a C++ compiler.