I mean, Odin is admittedly vastly different from C in terms of syntax. It's not like you can pick it up knowing C, it feels like a different language.

The author even states that Odin started as a Pascal clone, and was more influenced by Pascal than C.

> The language began as a Pascal clone (with begin and end and more)

> The language borrows heavily from (in order of philosophy and impact): Pascal, C, Go, Oberon-2, Newsqueak, GLSL.