I tend to get downvoted to hell a lot, so I can't downvote you, because I don't have enough karma. But when you say "callbacks and/or weird promise logic" I ca

I tend to get downvoted to hell a lot, so I can't downvote you, because I don't have enough karma. But when you say "callbacks and/or weird promise logic" I can't help but cringe a little bit. Syntax really depends on what the developer is familiar with. When you get used to the syntax, and use a decent editor, the syntax is a less important consideration -- a for loop is "fo + enter" in every language. The base libraries and API are important, but I don't consider that syntactical. That said, some languages lend themselves better to certain styles of programming -- but that may be a matter of flavor as well.