As far as costs go, 90% of it is in the "maintenance" phase from and usually be other developers, something this didn't address. Brevity certainly helps there

As far as costs go, 90% of it is in the "maintenance" phase from and usually be other developers, something this didn't address. Brevity certainly helps there but only up to a point, usually the most concise languages are the dynamic ones which can be much harder to maintain.