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## Answering with languages newer than the challenge should absolutely be allowed

Most of the time, when a language is newer than a challenge, it's just a coincidence. By not allowing people to answer using them, we're discouraging people from creating and using esolangs. That would be far more detrimental than a cheaty answer whose language is optimized for the challenge.

Instead of banning them, I propose we simply discourage answers to a certain challenge if the language was heavily influenced by that challenge. If someone sees such an answer, they should downvote it or at the very least, refrain from upvoting it. That's likely all we need.