Which syntax do you prefer? Lisp or python or php styles? That is pretty much your answer: It's subjective. Off the top of my head, I'd imagine that familiarit

Which syntax do you prefer? Lisp or python or php styles? That is pretty much your answer: It's subjective. Off the top of my head, I'd imagine that familiarity for the huge pool of C/C++/Java/C# programmers was probably a huge push for the chosen syntax.