Could you summarize the state of arduino language and ecosystem?

aarg:
On a technical level, stagnant. It only has a few more years to run before it's eclipsed by other platforms.

Thanks. But what other platforms? There isn't really much competition is there?

What would you like to see technically? I mean, all arduino is is like a special language, IDE, and bootloader, to make it easier to program in a higher-level language, right? (Not be as close to the metal). Do I have this right?

If so, what's the alternative - just the metal? Or are there other alternatives developing...

I'd like to bear in mind that this is an arduino forum though so maybe we can keep it just a bit positive :slight_smile: