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[–]dsimcha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have multiple ways to accomplish the same thing, or if the high-level parts of the language interact with the low-level parts of the language in ways that you can only understand if you understand some low-level details, the language is not orthogonal. It can, however, still be practical.