This is like complaining about the difference between Perl and Java. Use the right tool for the job. I for one relish the kind of writing that used to be normal

This is like complaining about the difference between Perl and Java. Use the right tool for the job. I for one relish the kind of writing that used to be normal before WW1 and Hemingway. I also like Hemingway and newer writing. Maybe the writing asked more of the reader in the past because it was a proportionally larger share of their attention, in the days before electronic media.