[rahilb]

(2) Isn't this true for all languages, and in fact isn't that the hallmark of a _good_ programming language? One could also argue that this provides evidence of simplicity, as many smaller building blocks can be assembled in different orders to produce the same (complex) result.

The antithesis is when we see posts about how "Go's too simple".

[lostcolony]

From 'The Zen of Python' - "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."

I'm not sure I've seen any "Python's too simple" posts. Maybe Go's criticism is based on some other factor?

[rkrzr]

"Isn't this true for all languages". No, not at all. Many languages have an idiomatic way to write things. Python definitely does and so does Haskell (to a lesser degree).

"One could also argue that this provides evidence of simplicity" Or one could argue that it provides evidence of complexity, since you need to hold much more information in your head to achieve the same results.