The first language I learned was VB6 (ewww), after that C, C++, Java, JavaScript and PHP, only a few years ago I started to hear a lot about Python, Ruby, etc.
I don't see what's the problem with the braces and semicolons, I got used to write them and I don't see it affect my coding speed or code readability, in fact I find it easier to read code with braces and semicolons, I learned a little of python a few months ago and ignoring the fact that I do not know the language syntax very well (or more common libraries) yet, I write it as quickly as I would write Java/C etc, for readability I read python slower but as I said I'm not used to the syntax/libraries/etc yet so that may be the problem.
The first language I learned was VB6 (ewww), after that C, C++, Java, JavaScript and PHP, only a few years ago I started to hear a lot about Python, Ruby, etc.
I don't see what's the problem with the braces and semicolons, I got used to write them and I don't see it affect my coding speed or code readability, in fact I find it easier to read code with braces and semicolons, I learned a little of python a few months ago and ignoring the fact that I do not know the language syntax very well (or more common libraries) yet, I write it as quickly as I would write Java/C etc, for readability I read python slower but as I said I'm not used to the syntax/libraries/etc yet so that may be the problem.