Oh, or this investigation into programming language syntax for learnability!<p>&gt;  Recent studies in the literature have shown that syntax remains a significant barrier to novice computer science students in the field. While this syntax barrier is known to exist, whether and how it varies across programming languages has not been carefully investigated. For this article, we conducted four empirical studies on programming language syntax as part of a larger analysis into the, so called, programming language wars.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;neverworkintheory.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;29&#x2F;stefik-siebert-syntax.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;neverworkintheory.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;29&#x2F;stefik-siebert-synta...</a>