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by pjmlp 4286 days ago
> All great languages, but try finding a D compiler for a Blackfin chip, or something similarly esoteric. C++ just goes more places where you would want it to go.

Historical accident of compiler market. Not directly related to the programming languages themselves.

> I had no idea C# was 'going native'.

C# is already native when you target Windows Phone 8. It is just going native on the remaining Microsoft platforms.