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Statically typed and functional-first, compiled to native code - optimizes for text processing, with first-class regex and grammars.

Statically typed and imperative - optimizes for simplicity, fast compiles, and easy goroutine concurrency.

Statically typed and functional - optimizes for correctness through type inference and pattern matching.

Statically typed and purely functional - optimizes for correctness, composability, and reasoning about code.

Dynamically typed and multi-paradigm - optimizes for expressive text manipulation; there is more than one way to do it.

Gradually typed and multi-paradigm - optimizes for expressiveness, with built-in grammars and rich operators.

Statically typed and multi-paradigm - optimizes for memory safety and speed without a garbage collector.

Dynamically typed and multi-paradigm - optimizes for readability and a batteries-included standard library.