Syntax matters, but I think it is subjective. I know a lot of engineers who like the syntax in Java, for instance, but I hate it. To me, it is needlessly cumb

Syntax matters, but I think it is subjective. I know a lot of engineers who like the syntax in Java, for instance, but I hate it. To me, it is needlessly cumbersome and wordy, and I derive no joy from programming in it. I know a lot of engineers who hate Python's syntax, but I like it because it encourages consistency. My favorite languages at the moment are Ruby, Elixir, Python, Elm, and Haskell, and syntax plays a large role in that opinion.