"Systems programming language" seems to be one a frequent definition miscommunication, right alongside "a Lisp" and "self taugt programmer". People use the phr

"Systems programming language" seems to be one a frequent definition miscommunication, right alongside "a Lisp" and "self taugt programmer". People use the phrases without acknowledging or without realizing that there is a great breadth (and sometimes controversy) in what people take them to mean. I think you're doing it right defining it where you use it.