The ideal programming language would have only two commands: do_what_i_want() and do_it_faster(what). You could use them like this: do_it_faster(do_what_i_want(

The ideal programming language would have only two commands: do_what_i_want() and do_it_faster(what). You could use them like this: do_it_faster(do_what_i_want()). > if we knew better what programmers wanted to write It's very simple: they want to write, what was not written before. What fun is to write what has already been written? You can just copy it. Most of what was written is typically embedded in some library/crate/module already. That is an ongoing process which will never* end. Summarising - it's impossible to know what programmers want to write, because the moment you find it and make it easier, they want to write another thing. * For physically possible values of never.