This language has a niche in which it is great
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- This language matches it's problem domain particularly well.
- This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it
- If this language didn't exist, I would have trouble finding a satisfactory replacement
- This language is easier to use for it's problem domain by removing unneeded expressiveness (such as not being Turing complete).
- I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"
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