As far as I can tell the goal of the project isn't to target more platforms (Rust targets quite a few by way of LLVM), so I don't think I'd choose any other language, including C++.
Having a compiler and standard library written in the language that it compiles has some huge benefits for increasing the pool of possible contributors.
As far as I can tell the goal of the project isn't to target more platforms (Rust targets quite a few by way of LLVM), so I don't think I'd choose any other language, including C++.
Having a compiler and standard library written in the language that it compiles has some huge benefits for increasing the pool of possible contributors.