I've always felt that the choice to 1-index and favor mathematics over engineering has kept the engineers away.
You can build a fantastic language for mathematicians, but people outside that domain won't feel welcome or compelled to use the language to scratch their itches.
You can build a fantastic language for mathematicians, but people outside that domain won't feel welcome or compelled to use the language to scratch their itches.
It'll just sit there. For math folks.