I agree C++ is too hard to parse, and you should design something simpler. Simpler isn't the same thing as a context-free grammar. The issues you are pointing

I agree C++ is too hard to parse, and you should design something simpler. Simpler isn't the same thing as a context-free grammar. The issues you are pointing out are lexical (Python has a CFG but still has imprecise syntax highlighting in editors). > A context-free grammar, besides making things a lot simpler, means that IDEs can do syntax highlighting I disagree with this because it's wrong. People don't use Clang or context-free grammars to syntax highlight code. Java has a CFG -- who uses it to syntax highlight code? This conversation isn't very interesting because it's just me explaining the same thing to you over and over again. Your head is stuck in the mode of "expert" and not somebody who is curious and wants to learn something.