> PPS: I think the choice of ^ to handle pointers is one of the worst decision in the syntax.

Funny that's my favourite aspect of Odin's syntax.

    p: ^int

Easy on the eyes.

I also like the convention of the type on the left and its usage on the right:

    p: ^int // ^ on the left
    x := p^ // ^ on the right

Very similar to languages of the Pascal family, but less verbose.

And with structs:

   p^.x  // not necessary
   p.x   // this will do