Although I don't disagree with that statement it is not exactly what I was implying. I was implying that good languages eventually grow into bad languages.

Usually happens through tacking on new features and standard API functions without removing old ones. I wish modern languages would allow different modules within the same project to use different versions of the language and be more aggressive about deprecating/removing old features.

So like if you open a module and see "version 3.0" in the manifest you know for sure that this module is not using stupid feature X from version 1.0. While still being able to use "crucial library not updated since 2003" without much fuss.

Most languages these days don't dare to change core syntax behaviour in order to not break backwards compatibility.