[TheDong]

That is not a simplicity issue.

"Something that is simple may take longer to write and might be more verbose" -- from the article.

In a simple language, there should not be functions that do exactly what you want to do; that would be a sign of the language being complex and featureful, which are enemies of simple.

(and yes, this is a bit tongue-in-cheek)

[rtpg]

Even in a simple language, simple things should be simple. Granted, it's easy to make complex things sound simple, but the example given seems simple.