[drothlis]

Choice of syntax affects how easy it will be to create tools for the language (IDE syntax highlighting, code browsing/navigation, automated refactoring, etc). There is still plenty of room (and need!) for improvement, for innovation. At the other extreme, imagine a world where every language used C++'s syntax.

[mibbit]

Imagine a world where instead of writing books, authors spent forever needlessly inventing new languages to write them in.

[gnaritas]

They already do both; have you not ever read Lord of the Rings?