I care about it whether it pulls in big dependencies. So I tend to avoid things in Java or Node.js, and on Unix I would avoid .Net (Mono). On Windows I'm fine with .Net, but would want to avoid Python.
For languages like Go and Rust which compile to native code, I don't give a damn -- except to note that it is such a language.
For languages like Go and Rust which compile to native code, I don't give a damn -- except to note that it is such a language.