[sp332]

Doing something complex on a simple platform requires complex code. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_tarpit Having a more complex platform can make things a lot easier for the programmer.

[pestaa]

Simplicity never meant easy. Doing something complex on a simple platform may as well use simple constructs and benefit from no edge cases.

For example, Haskell provides only a handful of constructs but allows the developer to build sophisticated systems.

Though I agree complex platforms are not necessarily complicated.