I don't think it's about the users at all. I'd speculate the main reason people write things like that, and so prominently, is because they hope it will attrac

I don't think it's about the users at all. I'd speculate the main reason people write things like that, and so prominently, is because they hope it will attract contributors who either already know that language or are enthusiastic enough about it to progress the project significantly. Otherwise someone may just pass it over assuming it's another piece of junk written in <insert-your-least-favourite-language-here>.