Could a jq have a more C-like syntax? JSON is already C-like https://www.json.org/json-en.html https://www.json.org/json-en.html and jq uses dot-separated pat

Could a jq have a more C-like syntax? JSON is already C-like https://www.json.org/json-en.html https://www.json.org/json-en.html and jq uses dot-separated paths for chaining name/value accesses.