Syntax is really not what makes most programming difficult at all. We have languages with really good syntax now, at least for the fairly low level most program

Syntax is really not what makes most programming difficult at all. We have languages with really good syntax now, at least for the fairly low level most programming languages operate in (storing and retrieving variables, calling functions, etc). The only way I could see what you're proposing making sense is if you got the linguist to design a much higher level language that operated on more concrete concepts. Some kind of domain specific language.