> One, often omitted, property is also simplicity of the language. If the language is straightforward, then there's a much larger audience who can be potential

> One, often omitted, property is also simplicity of the language. If the language is straightforward, then there's a much larger audience who can be potential contributors. With regards to "simplicity" people often seem to confuse syntax vs semantics. They mistake complex semantics for complex syntax. For example people say that Rust has complex syntax, but actually what's happening is that Rust is trying to represent very complex semantics which necessarily results in a complex syntax. This allows more choice for the developer in how things are implemented without extra cost. On the opposite end is python with very simple semantics but is highly opinionated on how things work underneath and thus is inherently incredibly slow for most any serious computation.