Featureitis

Are the features of a programming language symptomatic of disease? I was emailing my brother about the ideal camera. We’re both of an age when the number of pixels and features aren’t particularly important anymore.  Our camera straps don’t reach down to our crotches. But we, well I, used to be like that.  Bigger faster lenses.  Professional level cameras.  Zone System! And yet I still took just snapshots.  But you know the type of guy. Got to have the latest with a check mark against every bullet point on the feature list. Are programming languages built to that mentality? Even though we have to know several different languages for different niche applications, why do we want these portmanteau languages?