I agree somewhat, but I think it's important to consider that the ease of reading c-style syntax you experience is probably greatly helped by the wide adoption it's seen of at least some of its features and the repeated exposure you've had to this point, as most of us have.
There is a choice to be made as to whether amateur learning should be optimized (not that their example would be the result), or or a greater tie-in with the existing programming ecosystem should be. Both have their trade-offs, similar to the question of whether we optimize ease of learning or ease of use for experienced programmers (think BASIC vs APL).
There is a choice to be made as to whether amateur learning should be optimized (not that their example would be the result), or or a greater tie-in with the existing programming ecosystem should be. Both have their trade-offs, similar to the question of whether we optimize ease of learning or ease of use for experienced programmers (think BASIC vs APL).