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Discussion on: Which mainstream programming language has the ugliest syntax?

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Doc

It's right behind Java, IMHO. It's much easier to read obfusticated C than JS.

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Tiffany Wismer

Right, I mean... so many parentheses. I know that's not an aesthetic issue but trying to figure out where everything begins and ends makes my brain cry.

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Mihail Malo

Sounds like you need Bracket Pair Colorizer

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Dean Grande

This is by far the most useful comment I've read here, thanks Mihail

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Rodion Borisov

Why would anybody care to read obfuscated code in the first place without the help of formatter? Unless you are developer of bundler...