Comment by anonymous908213

I strongly disagree. Take, for example...

  foreach (apple in fruitbasket)
    apple.Eat()

vs.

  for (int i = 0; while i < fruitbasket.Count; i++)
    fruitbasket[i].Eat();

Even as a low-level programmer, I truly loathe C-style for loops. It takes several seconds to parse them, while the C#-style foreach is instantly grokkable with zero mental overhead. When you're scanning over thousands of lines of codes, the speed and ease of reading constructs like these adds up and makes a huge difference. The desire to apply human-friendly syntax to low-level programming is among the greatest motivating factors for the language I'm working on. All of that being said, I think there is a huge advantage in having code that reads like natural language you understand, rather than having keywords that are foreign and meaningless to you.