This is a bike designed by a graphic designer who intends to decorate a wall with it. There is a key analogy here for programming language design! The analogy

This is a bike designed by a graphic designer who intends to decorate a wall with it. There is a key analogy here for programming language design! The analogy also extends to specific languages. There are some bikes which are keenly optimized for short distance performance. There are other bikes optimized for long distance performance. There are some bikes which are optimized for comfort. Yet other bikes which are optimized for folding compactly. All of the above are valid designs, just for different contexts.