[jacques_chester]

I didn't say it was intrinsically bound to .NET -- but it relies on it, right now. See: http://cobra-language.com/docs/why/

Hosting on .NET has given the author access to some very useful facilities. A VM that understands generics, with two major independent implementations, and a large ecosystem of code and tools.

But for many open source programmers, anything to do with Microsoft, even at arm's length, is seen as suspect. This is a cultural memory that can't easily be erased.

Hence my original remark: good language, but it will struggle to gain traction.