Ask HN: What are the advantages of C-style synxtax?
What is better about C-style syntax versus parens? Lisp's syntax makes macros and structured editing easier, what techniques does C-syntax enable?
(I think this has been asked zillions of times. I don't know why I feel compelled to throw in my 2 pence...)
It's hard to say "better" in a multi-dimensional question like this.
The things that seem clear are:
* Without the absolute simplicity of the prefix-style paren-delimited Lisp syntax, true macro power is almost impossibly hard/complex/messy.
* For some reason, most people find the Lisp syntax hard to internalize. (Likely due to its prefix nature.)
* Progress generally happens by evolution, not revolution. (Revolutions take about 20-30 years from idea to success in the market, if the latter ever happens.) C is the granddaddy of the "worse is better" philosophy that swept the computing world about 30 years ago, and, so C-style brackets are part of the "comfort zone" that most programmers inhabit. (C++, Java, Go, etc., all stay within that zone.)
I'm not sure you can say anything more before the discussion breaks down into endless rounds of fruitless bickering...
As a programmer you delegate the heavy lifting to the compiler and choose the language (& framework) based upon what you wish to accomplish.
Perhaps you could explain your motivation for asking the question. E.g. thinking about designing yet-another-new-language?