I don't know much Python, but swift seems to be aiming more in that direction than ruby or js for instance. On the superficial level, the use of line breaks to

I don't know much Python, but swift seems to be aiming more in that direction than ruby or js for instance. On the superficial level, the use of line breaks to separate statement (although ; can also be used), on the deeper level the is an accent on accessibility and no non sense behaviour, where other language might have made more compromises on readability for instance.