> "Simple" means "not many features", and "easy" means "good to get things done with".

I'm not sure about this. What utility is a language with only simple constructs that is hard to use.

Not quite a counterpoint, but a thought in that direction is:

There can be features that make it easy to implement something which some find hard to understand.

I suppose I question the value of simplicity for it's own sake in a language and would rather defer to how simple and understandable the resulting code is.

I frequently consider the added complexity cost of a more complex compiler inherent complexity because I find the simplicity of use dwarfs compiler simplicity or simplicity "just cuz".