Agreed. If a language is more expressive, it becomes simpler. I don't think being low level is the same as being simple. Declarative languages tend to look more

Agreed. If a language is more expressive, it becomes simpler. I don't think being low level is the same as being simple. Declarative languages tend to look more like English than C or Assembly does. Looking more like English seems like a pretty powerful indicator of simplicity. It is certainly easier to read.