I would use this language for casual scripting
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- Writing code in this language is a lot of work
- Code written in this language tends to be verbose
- I learned this language early in my career as a programmer
- Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years
- There is a lot of accidental complexity when writing code in this language
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