I agree that "writing/learning a different" (what I meant) is more clear wording than "making a whole new".

EDIT: and it is a fair counterpoint that any command with options is, in some sense, also a different language one must learn. Learning API calls is also a different language (at least nouns & verbs if not syntax). But that is all partly the point. awk did/does a programming language with different syntax where other alternatives might be enough.