Way easier than C syntax. Even though I have long mastered various assembly languages and higher level languages, C pointers and their arithmetic still confuses me.

There's nothing worse than something like bar = *[&foo + 88] or whatever it is.

> Really? Easier than C syntax

Significantly easier. Think about all those pointers that simply aren't there now.

> which is a more appropriate in this context

This is a value judgement.

The generally nicer semantics (automatic memory management! proper strings!) are also worth a lot.