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> What was your first programming language QBasic, then Visual Basic for real programs. Look across a bunch of common languages - Java, Perl, Python, Javascri

• lifthrasiir 7y ago
  > Python >>> from __future__ import braces File "<stdin>", line 1 SyntaxError: not a chance Back to the topic, while I don't think its ranking doesn't generally reflect the actual popularity, the TIOBE index [1] is a good definition of "common enough" languages. So let's see... oh! There are 5--7 programming languages out of top 20 that do not generally use both braces and semicolons! (Python [not-so-strictly-necessary semicolon only], Visual Basic .NET, SQL [semicolon only], Assembly language, MATLAB, Visual Basic and Delphi/Object Pascal [semicolon only]). I also happen to know less popular but well-known programming languages that do not use both braces and semicolons at all (ML, FORTRAN, Lua, Forth and of course all lisps). So please allow me to reword your claim: why should braces and semicolons be normal? [1] https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
• kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  Pascal, Forth, Postscript, Lisp. There is no "normal" syntax. There is more to languages than those inspired by C.