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This is a fine suspicion to have. It’s a fine theory, even. But why raise this suspicion for this particular neo-language case? Why not raise it across the board?

Such a theory is more robust if it predicts how the organization will work in general. Thus one would also be partial to suspecting that neo-languages are declined for political reasons as well -- that a few powerful voices simply prefer to find other solutions, and then find post-hoc technical arguments.

Such a theory works less well if it is only used to explain some particular (ostensibly) technical decisions.