The OP makes a good case, but I don't agree with his dismissal of 'syntax' as a major problem. I found the comment introducing https://readable.sourceforge.io/

The OP makes a good case, but I don't agree with his dismissal of 'syntax' as a major problem. I found the comment introducing https://readable.sourceforge.io/ https://readable.sourceforge.io/ quite interesting. Deserves a submit of it's own.