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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> Because people have done something means what?
It means that it can be done.

> Because people have not done something means what?
That we do not yet know whether it can be done.

> Does that mean anything in a general language comparison?
We're not talking about general language comparisons.
We're talking about a company choosing an implementation
language for a project.

> That is easy to say, as there have been few alternatives if you
> wanted tasking as part of a pratically portable, language. Am I wrong?

See above. The desire is for tasking/distribution in a particular
project.