title: Alternative syntax for C++, a la Genie for Vala?
body: <p>The Vala language compiler can handle a very different looking syntax, Genie, which arguably could be considered a different language or an alternative syntax for one language.   AFIK, anything you can do in Vala, you can write in Genie (ignoring work-in-progress details, bugs) to the delight of anyone who doesn't like curly brackets.   </p>
  
  <p>Is there some language or alternative syntax bearing the same relation to standard C++ that Genie has with Vala?  It should allow doing anything that one might do in C++.  (It need not be readable by the normal C++ compilers, however - I don't expect that at this point in time.)</p>
  
  <p>(Side issue: Genie/Vala is the only example I can think of now. Are there other examples?)</p>