In a rewritten from scratch Latex, I would only make minor changes to the syntax of Latex. I don't think you can have another syntax that is overall better - co

In a rewritten from scratch Latex, I would only make minor changes to the syntax of Latex. I don't think you can have another syntax that is overall better - compromises will be made somewhere or the other. Compile time of course, can be fixed by reimplementing the whole compiler in a modern language.