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@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Solidity is an object-oriented, high-level language for implementing smart
 contracts. Smart contracts are programs which govern the behaviour of accounts
 within the Ethereum state.
 
-Solidity was influenced by C++, Python and JavaScript and is designed to target
-the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
+Solidity is a `curly-bracket language <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages_by_type#Curly-bracket_languages>`_.
+It is influenced by C++, Python and JavaScript, and is designed to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
 
 Solidity is statically typed, supports inheritance, libraries and complex
 user-defined types among other features.