Scala

@smoredahl Familiarity is designing for existing users, simplicity is designing for everyone; see https://soc.me/languages/familiarity.

(I have had this discussion many times. I have heard every single argument on why *this* time repeating a past mistake for familiarity is good. It never works out.)

> After all, Brainfuck is incredibly simple and consistent :)

By that measure C++ should be very familiar, because it contains every feature ever imagined by someone. We know how that one worked out.