In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Support for alternate languages will largely depend on the underlying OS.
I have never designed a language for its own sake.
I felt there was a need for us to build a new programming language. I also had come to see that Microsoft functions best when it controls its own destiny.
We wanted the language to feel fresh, fun, and rock solid.
Language should be an ever developing procedure and not an isolated occurrence.
I have set out to change the language of the international system.
It might be inevitable that we have to confront the idea that our destiny is to be one world with one language.
Our goal is not to build a platform; it's to be cross all of them.
I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose language is one of the toughest decisions that anyone facing the need for a new language must make.
We're systems software people ourselves. We wanted a language to make our lives better.