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 # The Odin Programming Language
 
-The Odin programming language is fast, concise, readable, pragmatic and open sourced. It is designed with the intent of replacing C with the following goals:
+The Odin programming language is fast, concise, readable, pragmatic and open sourced. It is designed with the intent of being an alternative to C with the following goals:
 * simplicity
 * high performance
 * built for modern systems