I think the continuum is: boilerplate, library, standard library, language. Boilerplate is the most flexible. Language is most unifying. Things tend to move to

I think the continuum is: boilerplate, library, standard library, language. Boilerplate is the most flexible. Language is most unifying. Things tend to move towards language, but if you move too fast, you are stuck with bad decisions, because changing a language is near impossible.