There might be a need for these ideas, sure. They're worth exploring. But it's a bet, or a gamble: they're exploring novel territory. Hare aims to distill prove

There might be a need for these ideas, sure. They're worth exploring. But it's a bet, or a gamble: they're exploring novel territory. Hare aims to distill proven ideas into a simple package which represents the best approach as of $CURRENTYEAR, then use it to build a platform which will be stable for as long as possible. It might not be perfect -- the next language can improve on it, or maybe one of Hare's contemporaries will succeed -- but it will be dependable, and that's a trait worth optimizing for in at least one language.