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Discussion on: Which mainstream programming language has the ugliest syntax?

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Valentin Baca • Edited

Basically every language that's actually paid my bills (which means I can't hate them too much:

Java:
so much boilerplate private static final void getter arghh
C++:
Ever had<to const<try to > parse> this nonesense const?
Perl:
my $head has @had enough of this %_#&
Obj-C:
Did no one [get theMessage:message] that sometimes you have to actually @Read code?

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Alex Reilly

Obj-C: what if C++ but everything is different just because

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Valentin Baca

...and then there's Objective-C++

I want to tell whoever made it: "What did source code ever do to you?!?"