I think the downvotes are more for your tone than whatever point you're trying to make. Also, code portability for a project like this is important, but that's

I think the downvotes are more for your tone than whatever point you're trying to make. Also, code portability for a project like this is important, but that's not universally true. Having a hard and fast requirement for code portability imposes a set of concerns, design and maintenance issues that complicates a project. It (almost) never comes for free, and is a legitimate concern for any project--even ones where a portability requirement is almost a given.