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  1. …in reply to @dubroy
    @dubroy because in practice, what people do with that is immediately layer on stuff that's comfier to use when accomplishing common tasks, and then that usually feeds back into the language, or at least the version of the language that people see.
    1. …in reply to @v21
      @dubroy but it's a reasonable rule of thumb for getting 1) minimal complexity for 2) a good range of expressiveness & power with 3) an understandable mental model those just aren't the only criteria at play