> because everyone is already familiar with at least one curly braced language. so, logically, they must have learned how to use {} in the first place, probabl

> because everyone is already familiar with at least one curly braced language. so, logically, they must have learned how to use {} in the first place, probably with few problems. i have taught god-knows how many people c and c++ (used to be a commercial trainer for those languages) and i can assure you that very, very few, if any, had problems with {}.