It gives you a lot of expressive convenience, you can write the programs much more cleanly, but most importantly, it's fast.

你可以把一些程序写的更清楚，最重要的是，它的效率非常高。

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They don't think so much of language as a mediating force as an expressive force.

他们不觉得这多么言语,是一种调和的力量，是一种表达的力量。

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