>>36I personally don't see anything wrong with the wrap-around-absolutely-everything mindset. If the wrappers are written for a language that lets you get crap done faster, why not? Also, it's a big relief when you see one of your favorite C libraries being available for use in a language you're forced to use for school or job.
Not that I encourage this mindset and recommend it as the one true mindset (it has brought us some cancer indeed), but it can be a life saver.