Being Lazy, I prefer the C syntax.

which only saves you a single character; unlike in C the semicolon in Perl separates statements, while in C it terminates statements. So, in C you write:

if (COND) STATEMENT;
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in Perl you write:

if (COND) {STATEMENT}
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Will Perl6 give us back the C syntax?

Extremely unlikely, considering the promotion blocks have made in perl6, and the fact parenthesis around the condition will be optional. In perl6, you can write:

if COND {STATEMENT}
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which is one character less than the equivalent C syntax. (Well, this isn't quite true if you look at white space as well).

Abigail