When comparing programming languages, it is extremely common for people to mistake familiarity for other things like "clarity" and "simplicity". When looking at code with unfamiliar conventions, they often proclaim tremendously simple, clear code to be "complicated" because it is not what they are accustomed to --even when an equivalent implementation in their fav language would be much more obtuse.

I don't claim to know about your personal situation. Just throwing out a relevant observation.