I find it interesting that the Monkey language, created solely for the examples implemented in this book, looks strikingly similar to a simplified EcmaScript (E

I find it interesting that the Monkey language, created solely for the examples implemented in this book, looks strikingly similar to a simplified EcmaScript (ES2015+ actually). Is ES/JS the best example of a parseable language? Why not just shoot for a (subset) ES interpreter instead of a made up language that does not resonate as much with the reader?