Well that is kind of the point -- you know C and C++ reasonably well and are comfortable with the syntax, so of course you think it is easy to read. If you wer

Well that is kind of the point -- you know C and C++ reasonably well and are comfortable with the syntax, so of course you think it is easy to read. If you were as familiar with Lisp you would not find it hard to read either (I should know, since I am comfortable with both C++ and Common Lisp). That said, if you want a real C++ readability challenge, here you go: int add_one(int x) { return x+1; } Easy-to-miss undefined behavior is a much greater readability problem than the specific syntax of a language in my opinion.