Comment by std_throwaway

Keep it as simple as possible but don't try to make it simpler than it really is.

Programming languages can make things more complicated and having worked in C++14, python and VBA i can tell you that VBA does not come out on top even though it is seemingly simple. Compared to python VBA lacks so much ecosystem and language features that you will have a hard time to even parse XML, process loosely structured data and serve it via HTTP.

Looking at python vs. VBA and C++11 vs. C++03, I'd say that programming languages have generally been moving in the right direction.