To better illustrate this, compare with Brainfuck. It is also a very small, simple language. Its simplicity is at the same time its own worst enemy, in that it

To better illustrate this, compare with Brainfuck. It is also a very small, simple language. Its simplicity is at the same time its own worst enemy, in that it pushes down all the difficulties, complexities and verbosity for you to manage yourself. Perhaps an extreme comparison but just to show that simpler language doesn't always yield a simpler program.