If `we&#x27; is imperatively trained programmers, then Yes.<p>For anyone else---normal people without programming experience, or programmers trained in different paradigms---loops are not special.<p>Of course, we mostly talk about programmers here, and imperatively trained programmers are in the majority.<p>In any case, lots of languages have gotten map and filter, and people seem to adapt to them just fine.  We just have to wait another decade for the more interesting combinators to trickle down.