This is why the development of new languages and constant iteration of “reinventing the wheel” (as some say) is worth it, I feel. Ideas from new languages make

This is why the development of new languages and constant iteration of “reinventing the wheel” (as some say) is worth it, I feel. Ideas from new languages make their way into old standard languages. If over time, every language starts to look the same, that seems to indicate we are honing in on a sort of global maximum. The power and expressivity of programming languages is immense but not infinite (practically speaking), and it is quite arguable that eventually we will find ourselves with no major improvements to make. At that point, it will make sense to settle. Until then, it makes sense to keep building new ones and using them as inspiration for the existing ones.