> If every language included a Docker or VM with it already set up for some level of demo, I think a rate for adoption/learning them would uptick.
Programming languages are for programmers - the kind of people that run programmer-friendly OSs/distros and figure out how to make their own packages when needed.
You don't need containers and virtual machines when you can simply "emerge dev-lang/pony" and be on your merry way.
Anyway, Pony is not the right example for the point you're trying to make because it already provides Gentoo, Arch, Debian, RedHat, macOS and Windows packages plus a Docker image.
Programming languages are for programmers - the kind of people that run programmer-friendly OSs/distros and figure out how to make their own packages when needed.
You don't need containers and virtual machines when you can simply "emerge dev-lang/pony" and be on your merry way.
Anyway, Pony is not the right example for the point you're trying to make because it already provides Gentoo, Arch, Debian, RedHat, macOS and Windows packages plus a Docker image.