Well yeah, maybe syntax isn't the most important thing, but for the question of which character set is better for syntax, syntax is important. That's like sayin

Well yeah, maybe syntax isn't the most important thing, but for the question of which character set is better for syntax, syntax is important. That's like saying that we shouldn't be discussing programming languages at all because preventing nuclear war/ecological catastrophe/whatever is more important. I would also argue that syntax is important for the clarity and usability of those semantic and runtime/performance characteristics (as programming languages may somehow help in alleviating, or exacerbating, those bigger problems ...)