This is probably more a function of the fact that languages change over time, so if a common task is hard to talk about, new forms will appear that make it easi

This is probably more a function of the fact that languages change over time, so if a common task is hard to talk about, new forms will appear that make it easier. Programming languages see very little change (and even rarer are ambiguity or "non backwards compatible" changes introduced.) Stuff like this is why I became interested in PL theory in the first place actually.