And also, there was a time where he really loved templates (hell, all of us did). But yes, you are completely right: teams developing ultra complex languages (

And also, there was a time where he really loved templates (hell, all of us did). But yes, you are completely right: teams developing ultra complex languages (e.g. C++, Scala, Ada) usually fail to understand that the fact their language can do everything all the other languages can do is exactly the problem. The value of these other languages is precisely choosing not to have certain features.