I strongly disagree with this notion of &quot;simplicity&quot; as being attributable to scarcity of language features. Some of the languages that I felt were the easiest to use had quite a number of language features, but had simple <i>semantics</i>. I think Rich Hickey nailed this in his &quot;Simple Made Easy&quot;[1] talk. Complexity is <i>not</i> about additivity, it&#x27;s about entanglement.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infoq.com&#x2F;presentations&#x2F;Simple-Made-Easy" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infoq.com&#x2F;presentations&#x2F;Simple-Made-Easy</a>