This sounds like the view of someone who has never been exposed to more than one language. If one were to try applying that idea to programming languages, they would get laughed off HackerNews. They'd be told to just "pick the right tool for the job." Perhaps you meant that we should only have a few or one
dialects of each [major] language, which is more reasonable.
No one language, or any system of communicating intent, is perfect.
There are figuratively countless nuances in each language that you just can't express in another. Which is why even English doesn't have just English words. I almost feel irritated just having to point out things which should be obvious..
Language is also art; even through my limited exposure to Japanese, for example, I've noticed many expressions that just wouldn't work in English, and definitely wouldn't convey the same intent or feelings, or paint the same picture so to speak, no matter how you imported them.
No one language, or any system of communicating intent, is perfect.
There are figuratively countless nuances in each language that you just can't express in another. Which is why even English doesn't have just English words. I almost feel irritated just having to point out things which should be obvious..
Language is also art; even through my limited exposure to Japanese, for example, I've noticed many expressions that just wouldn't work in English, and definitely wouldn't convey the same intent or feelings, or paint the same picture so to speak, no matter how you imported them.