>semantic and syntactic purity, simplicity, and consistency Who wants simplicity? People learning the language, so they have less to learn and a lower cognitiv

>semantic and syntactic purity, simplicity, and consistency Who wants simplicity? People learning the language, so they have less to learn and a lower cognitive overhead when starting out. People teaching the language, so they have less work. Language implementors, so they have a much shorter period of time between prototype and release of a language implementation. Who doesn't want simplicity? People who've already learnt the language and are proficient with it and use it regularly, having grown accustomed to the features it provides that can't be properly added afterwards as macros or libraries.