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by goatlover 2961 days ago
As a matter of preference, the more verbose a language is, the less likely I'm motivated to learn it. Why should I have to type extra stuff to do the same things I can do in other languages? If the compiler can handle it, I shouldn't have to type it.

Java never stuck with me because of that, same with trying to learn Objective C. But languages like Swift, Go, Ruby, Python hit the sweet spot.