It's impressive to have people say that Lisp is "downright ugly" and Haskell is "freaking unapproachable and the syntax is weird" on an article that includes C+

It's impressive to have people say that Lisp is "downright ugly" and Haskell is "freaking unapproachable and the syntax is weird" on an article that includes C++ templates. It's not the "aesthetics" that matters, it's the popularity and what you're used to. Part of the reason why Rust is popular is that they didn't break too much people's habit, and even with that it constantly gets flak for its syntax.