So what would a perfect programming language look like? I’d say: start with the best parts of C and the best parts of Python. Indentation for blocks by default, { } only for special circumstances.

This markup language works hand-in-hand with CSS and JavaScript, which help dictate how a webpage looks, sounds and functions. HTML is an excellent foundation for coders. Developers use it, too.

Dubbed Julia, it provides an early glimpse into what programming languages might look like in the not-too-distant future. Today's languages were each designed with different goals in mind.

That said, languages like Ruby handle this elegantly enough, and the perfect language terminates statements with parentheses anyway, more elegant tools from a more civilized age and all. More ...