On that topic, there is a very good (and funny) talk by Bret Victor called "The Future of Programming" presented as if it were 1973.
It gives an interesting tour of dead languages and the things we lost.
It gives an interesting tour of dead languages and the things we lost.
This talk explain me why I feel better with languages with more dynamic features.
On the topic of language design, there is also this talk by Brian Kernighan which gives good practical advice if you're building a language and talks about his journey with awk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg4U4r_AgJU