It happens to be better suited for manipulating strings than numbers, for example, but it's really a general-purpose language.

例如它恰好,处理字符串,比处理数字更有效率，但是它确实是一种面向面很广的语言。

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Second dimension is, whether this is a general versus a targeted language.

第二个维度是，这个语言的目标群体,是比较大众还是有特定面向群体的。

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So, in general, there is some support, at least at a very broad level, for the claim that language is in some sense part of human nature.

总的来说,语言在某种意义上,是人类本性一部分的这个观点,至少在一般性水平上,得到了一些支持

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