> I also feel this:
  >> In the State of JS 2020 survey, the fourth top answer to “What do you feel is currently missing from JavaScript?” was a pipe operator.
  > Is the wrong way to go about language design.

"Signor Rossi cosa vuoi? … E poi, e poi, e poi" (Viva la felicità by Franco Godi [1])

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrKKMtjNWCI