alt Hacker NewsThat is why syntax debates are so difficult. There is no objectively best syntax. So we are all stuck with subjective experience. For me I find Python (non-typed) and Golang syntax easiest to read.
Too many symbols like ., :, @, ; etc just mess with my brain.
Yes it's sigils that are the culprits more often than not. They are often semantically irrelevant and just make things easier to parse for the machines. Happy Go doesn't indulge too much in them.