On the other hand, this burst of change brought it over a line into functional and declarative usability. Somewhere from 5.7 through 5.10 it indeed became mean

On the other hand, this burst of change brought it over a line into functional and declarative usability. Somewhere from 5.7 through 5.10 it indeed became meaningfully more “delightful” to use. Delightful not because of the rate of change, but because of the programming approach it's now enabled.