Hmm, I think the real advantage is more that you get an advanced cross-platform environment to run it in “for free” – excellent debugger, various ways to do UI,

Hmm, I think the real advantage is more that you get an advanced cross-platform environment to run it in “for free” – excellent debugger, various ways to do UI, graphics, getting input from the user, etc. For lots of recommended ‘beginner’ languages, this isn’t the case.