Maybe young generations have some issue learning polyglot programming, I guess.
While I agree using Mojo is much preferable to writing C or C++ native extensions, back on my day people learned to program in K&R C or C++ ARM in high school, kids around 12 years old, hardly something pretty drastic.
Many famous Speccy and C64 titles, written in Assembly, were written by bedroom coders between the ages of 14 and 16 years old, getting some pocket money writing them on the UK scene.
Get hold of Retro Gamer magazine for some of their stories.
While I agree using Mojo is much preferable to writing C or C++ native extensions, back on my day people learned to program in K&R C or C++ ARM in high school, kids around 12 years old, hardly something pretty drastic.