> but nowadays the tooling has gotten so much better that it matters a lot less I think that that's the point. Portability to platforms with a strong tooling a

> but nowadays the tooling has gotten so much better that it matters a lot less I think that that's the point. Portability to platforms with a strong tooling and usage base even in a different sector is ok and safe. The problem is when you try to do something like x86 -> Itanium or alike, that could take some time to stabilize.