That's not really true, lots of languages requires certain modules to be built from source with a C compiler. Ruby and Node.js comes to mind. Though in genera

That's not really true, lots of languages requires certain modules to be built from source with a C compiler. Ruby and Node.js comes to mind. Though in general the community behind them do a much better job of hiding this complexity from the user - to the point that most times you don't realize you've compiled it from source.