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Kodi core is actually C++. Its plugins are written in Python.

I believe its slow because theres a lot of legacy code in there since the Xbmc days which, had they had the resources, would probably have been rewritten.

Really? Kodi doesn't really do a lot, so it seems like it shouldn't be really be impacted by language choice like that.

Not really. Kodi is written in C++, it includes a python interpreter so add ons can be written in Python.

I once investigated if it was possible to host .NET (Core) in Kodi, however, at the time it was not really well documented (or maybe even possible) to write native add-ons. That meant you would need to interface with a native library that would be the .NET host from Python, and that would be pain.