I agree with you, but also, it is legitimately hard to explain concisely the unique aspects of Pony's semantics. My short attempt at it from a couple years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33980738

Thank you! This is quite illuminating. It's not enough for me to know precisely how the language works or how it feels to program in it, but it allows me to put the language in a box so that I know what concepts it introduces and what problems it tries to fix. :)