[sparkie]

I'm a language geek and none of the above is what I want to see when I read about a new language. What I want to know is, what does this language offer that no other language does? What platform it runs on or whatnot is trivial boring detail that I might want to know afterwards if the language offers something interesting to try out.

[Danihan]

>What platform it runs on or whatnot is trivial boring detail

Not caring about actual usage mechanics / acting like they are trivial details makes me question a lot about your perspective.

[sparkie]

Language X runs on platform A, it offers little innovative but merely re-expresses what you're already used to doing on platform A in another language.

Language Y has some really innovative features that no other languages are currently doing. There is currently no reference implementation.

Which of these is the more interesting one to a language geek? The former might be more interesting to a "platform A" geek. Or someone who uses platform A in production.

The perspective is being interested in language design rather than "the next big thing". A language that doesn't change the way you think about programming is not worth learning, because you're only re-learning what you already know. In fact, learning such language is trivial and all you really need is a grammar reference from which you can deduce the rest. If it runs on platform A which you're familiar with, you can take advantage of platform A's libraries and become productive in X in no time.