Maybe, or perhaps it's just been done badly before. ZeroMQ's bindings are an example of it done well. I find the API is almost identical if I switch between Py

Maybe, or perhaps it's just been done badly before. ZeroMQ's bindings are an example of it done well. I find the API is almost identical if I switch between Python, PHP and Erlang and I never feel like any of these implementations feel out of place in their language. I agree with your final point.