[PeterisP]

Well, there is one way, we can simplify and standardize format of language. Unfortunately that requires generations of "reeducation", so it's not a viable solution in the short term - but it does seem possible that this is where languages are going in the next few centuries, as globalization, easier travel and more interrelated communities are likely to result in slow, gradual convergence to less languages as many of the current 6000+ languages cease to be used in practice.

[Manishearth]

I am always surprised when people think that the solution to "dealing with language in programming is complex" is "let's reeducate the world by changing their language" instead of "let's reeducate programmers".