I mean that's probably because it's specifically geared towards exercises like this. Languages built for advent of code will probably prioritize stuffing as muc

I mean that's probably because it's specifically geared towards exercises like this. Languages built for advent of code will probably prioritize stuffing as much syntactic sugar as possible rather than writing maintainable code Your criticisms are valid, but only if you're approaching it from the perspective of using it for a full-fledged project. More likely use cases are quick scripts you wanna write or little thought experiments you wanna try out. For that, it's likely a great choice of language