I don't really see how having to remember more symbols and syntax rules makes anything more readable. It doesn't. You have to know what those symbols mean, and

I don't really see how having to remember more symbols and syntax rules makes anything more readable. It doesn't. You have to know what those symbols mean, and the more there are, the less readable it is by definition because you need more knowledge to understand it. I understand it is more readable for YOU because you already have that knowledge. The same applies where English is readable for me but Chinese is not. If Chinese "syntax" was simpler, I could actually learn it way faster, as everyone else, which would make it more "readable" to everyone that has not previous knowledge, not just to YOU :)