Yes, this part is super relevant to answer WHY it is written the way it is. C++ has a lot of nice ideas under the hood, but the syntax and reading experience d

Yes, this part is super relevant to answer WHY it is written the way it is. C++ has a lot of nice ideas under the hood, but the syntax and reading experience definitely isn't ideal because of the desire for backwards compatibility (which includes the very strong desire to not introduce new keywords / tokens if there is any possible way to avoid it)