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Yes, what if we had locked mobile to a single language... like Android (Java), iOS (ObjC), WP7 (C#/Silverlight), webOS (JavaScript), Symbian (Symbian/C++). Oh, well... at least we have the glaring success of MeeGo which didn't embrace single language completely.

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I'll break this down:

- Android: Java, NDK (C++, C), ObjC (via Apportable), MonoTouch (C#/F#), Lua, JS

- iOS: C, C++, ObjC, JS, Lua, MonoTouch

... actually, that's as far as I want to go. Point is, you can pick your implementation language, and people do.

We're also likely to see additional language explorations on these platforms as they stabilize and mature.

> Android: ObjC ???

I believe these guys have an NDK-based implementation: http://www.apportable.com/

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