Well, note that partly due to the way variables and functions are declared in C and C++, parsing those languages (especially C++) is a complete mess. I think t

Well, note that partly due to the way variables and functions are declared in C and C++, parsing those languages (especially C++) is a complete mess. I think the readability argument is pretty subjective. Personally I find declarations in for instance Rust a lot easier to quickly scan than C++. For one thing the names of functions are all at the same offset, which to me is actually the most important thing. I can see at a glance whether it's a function or variable being declared. I've never found the fact that the return type is at the end to be a problem - why would it be? fn first_function(...) -> i32 { ... } fn second_function(...) -> Vec<i32> { ... } const X: i32 = 0; vs int first_function(...) { ... } vector<int> second_function(...) { ... } int X = 0;