<s>
A	O
convenience	B-General_Concept
function	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
non-essential	O
subroutine	O
in	O
a	O
programming	B-Library
library	I-Library
or	O
framework	B-Architecture
which	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
ease	O
commonly	O
performed	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
convenience	B-General_Concept
functions	I-General_Concept
may	O
be	O
added	O
arbitrarily	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
creator	O
's	O
perception	O
of	O
what	O
these	O
menial	O
tasks	O
will	O
be	O
,	O
or	O
they	O
may	O
be	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
process	O
of	O
refactoring	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
and	O
community	O
feedback	O
on	O
what	O
could	O
be	O
made	O
into	O
a	O
convenience	B-General_Concept
function	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
convenience	B-General_Concept
function	I-General_Concept
's	O
task	O
may	O
almost	O
always	O
be	O
expressed	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
other	O
operations	O
,	O
though	O
this	O
will	O
likely	O
have	O
increased	O
verbiage	O
and	O
reduced	O
abstraction	B-Application
and	O
possibly	O
maintainability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
perspective	O
,	O
any	O
programming	O
language	O
above	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
is	O
a	O
'	O
convenience	O
language	O
 '	O
to	O
avoid	O
writing	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
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