Isn't this purely subjective, especially re: semantics? It's a lot harder to measure the value of simplicity, but I'd argue that it has implications for the lif

Isn't this purely subjective, especially re: semantics? It's a lot harder to measure the value of simplicity, but I'd argue that it has implications for the lifetime of your program well beyond benchmarks. It seems shortsighted to trade-off on performance alone. Would Java have been so widely adopted in the first place had that been the prevailing attitude?