The problem is that you can't easily reuse a query with different formats, with a swallow designed language. You will still end up writing format-targeted queri

The problem is that you can't easily reuse a query with different formats, with a swallow designed language. You will still end up writing format-targeted queries, which then open the question of why you would even bother in the first place using a watered down language, instead of a format-optimized one.