Programming language syntax has come such a long way. It's not just a matter of taste; we used to deal with language particulars which were objectively hard fo

Programming language syntax has come such a long way. It's not just a matter of taste; we used to deal with language particulars which were objectively hard for humans to adhere to, for no good reason. No one seriously advocated for semi-colons as a matter of aesthetic preference. Gleam just looks like a modern language. It looks like it was made for humans to deal with, given what we now know about the human visual system, memory, habit formation, etc.