I'm a firm believe in "keep it simple" and "don't be clever" when it comes to code I have to maintain. But at the programming language level I want powerful con

I'm a firm believe in "keep it simple" and "don't be clever" when it comes to code I have to maintain. But at the programming language level I want powerful constructs. I want to maintain simple and straightforward code in a powerful language, not the other way around.