Pencil is a simpler medium than oil paints, but that doesn't make it any easier to do a good portrait with it. Saying its a simple language is expressing a trai

Pencil is a simpler medium than oil paints, but that doesn't make it any easier to do a good portrait with it. Saying its a simple language is expressing a trait of the language that some people may like or find they have an affinity for. People seem to get stuck with the idea that programming languages can only be compared via objective criteria where as we seem to use these sorts of signals to help each other find mediums we like.