Why the fuck is MQL C++ based? Why not make a simple scripting language which gets interpreted by your application? I don't want to write headers and definitions constantly, I'm just trying to write a trading indicator ffs

Why would they? They took some already working thing, modified it slightly and shipped it.

And people like you and me use that stuff regardless of it being a steaming pile of shit. So their calculation was right.

They literally have no incentive of doing it any different 😂