This is the basic dilemma for any language. You can evolve and grow bigger, or you can stay simple and pure. I think history show languages have to evolve to st

This is the basic dilemma for any language. You can evolve and grow bigger, or you can stay simple and pure. I think history show languages have to evolve to stay relevant - "small and elegant" languages like Scheme and Smalltalk are not widely used. But since you can't really remove existing features, evolving leads to more complex languages.