I wish that would be the standard with which we evaluated languages. "Easy" syntax and features make up for a bloat such that such tasks become far more complicated. Which also implies that you have to rely too much on tests, refactoring can be difficult, etc. Ultimately, you want to be able to shape you tools to match your task at hand, which you can only do if things stay "simple". In short, it's a good proof of Hickey's talk on simplicity.