Mathematicians never complain that "this crusty-ass math is over thirty years old!" Or writers: "OMG, English is really old. Can't I use something newer like Esperanto?"
Well, they would if we stopped using functions. Functions are relatively new as mathematics goes, and mathematicians would complain if they had to read Newton's original formulation of calculus.
Is it my imagination, or does this article suddenly stop just before getting to the meat of its argument?
I was quite curious what modern languages the author was referring to, wondering if I had missed some magical language boat that left without me.