C is not simple because its BNF is not simple and hard to interpret. You can have a simple (feature wise) C like language with a much cleaner syntax. ie Pascal,

C is not simple because its BNF is not simple and hard to interpret. You can have a simple (feature wise) C like language with a much cleaner syntax. ie Pascal, Modula, Oberon. You can simplify it a lot just by dropping += :)