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> Specifically, they're about encouraging the development and use of languages which make such things easier and more reliable, and thus more likely to be implemented.

I believe the point nybble41 was attempting to make is that test-driven development (and other such "modern" ideas) is independent of the underlying language used. (Look at GPSd for a case of TDD applied to a primarily-C project)

No amount of "encouragement" will make higher-level languages suitable for system/low-level tasks -- the features (reflection/introspection, dynamic compilation, "package repository") that make those languages more easily testable at the module level make them unsuitable for low-level tasks.