I used to do some of that in Borland's Object Pascal, which sort of works but isn't much fun. Even C++ is a pain in the behind, because everything that doesn't

I used to do some of that in Borland's Object Pascal, which sort of works but isn't much fun. Even C++ is a pain in the behind, because everything that doesn't translate needs to be encapsulated. As a result, it's very rare to find code written in different languages with exported C APIs from my experience.