Yak shaving is easy to understand and evaluate, whereas the value in creating a language makes no sense to anyone outside the language scene. Most people have

Yak shaving is easy to understand and evaluate, whereas the value in creating a language makes no sense to anyone outside the language scene. Most people have no way to guess of the new ideas will be influential, but we do know we aren't interested in using niche tools regardless of what they are. It could be an amazing leap forward for computer science, or a slightly interesting toy, and either way it's above most people's heads.