It reminds me of the Java community when Sun stopped adding significant features for years after 2004. Every feature which wasn't added was widely considered by

It reminds me of the Java community when Sun stopped adding significant features for years after 2004. Every feature which wasn't added was widely considered by most Java developers as being in the name of protecting us from ourselves. When Java 8 came out suddenly some of those bad/evil features became flavor of the week. There's a tendency to try and convince yourself that the language designers made the best decisions at every turn, which isn't a healthy way of thinking critically.