Expressed in this way it sounds like devolution, but is the larger goal of language really complexity? What about efficacy? You could also express it in terms o

Expressed in this way it sounds like devolution, but is the larger goal of language really complexity? What about efficacy? You could also express it in terms of losing excess baggage and gaining virtue. For example I can't think of a programming language that is being praised for mere added complexity. Rather the opposite.