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by pjmlp 428 days ago
Mostly because Android was on the forefront that is about time to move from C and C++ for the whole application stack.

Note that you also aren't without issues on Apple platforms if the language doesn't plug into the Objective-C or Swift runtimes in some form.

Likewise on Windows if the language isn't able to talk .NET or COM/WinRT.