Just as a quick side note this is actually one of the things I’ve come to appreciate most about some of the work you and the others have done with Dart where it very clearly has gotten much more powerful and has had to deal with some major changes in requirements over the years as well but on the whole I feel with only a few exceptions the complexity doesn’t feel like it’s gotten away from me or the community at large at all. It’s very obvious to just look at it and see that a tremendous amount of work has gone into the language design itself and just figured now would be a good time to offer my appreciation for that.
We try really hard. I'm always worried about pouring too much complexity in and alienating new users. At the same time, we also want to serve existing users who really do benefit from new features. It's a tricky balancing act.
