1. Wrapping is more code than using a built-in pipe operator 2. There is a run-time overhead to wrapping IMO a design goal of programming langauges should be

1. Wrapping is more code than using a built-in pipe operator 2. There is a run-time overhead to wrapping IMO a design goal of programming langauges should be for the most readable code to also be the most performant. Language features tend to be controversial until they are mainstream.