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by xigoi 1387 days ago
Semicolons, braces, double colons

Using "<" and ">" as both operators and delimiters

Turbofish

Symbols instead of words (ref -> &, and -> &&, not -> !, …)

Inconsistency (Why [i64; 5] and not something like array<i64, 5>?)

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I have this thought of solving this sort of thing via emoji's. It's gross but at least you would have a syntax that doesn't grossly overload symbols.