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This is really common among open source projects. I frequently come across feature lists containing "Written in X" for many different values of X. In fact, was

This is really common among open source projects. I frequently come across feature lists containing "Written in X" for many different values of X. In fact, was just complaining about it to a friend of mine just last night. He pointed out that for open source projects, it really can be a feature: when attracting contributors, the source language is important. It's also important for people who just want to study the source for some reason or another. It can also be an indicator for how readily portable it is: a program written in C is going to be much more easily ported than one written in Visual Basic, for example.

sbuttgereit 11y ago
Yes. I'm not so interested in a new editor unless it's very stand out (and I'm sure this project is good)... but I do have an interest in Rust; in particular in how it's being used and the different kinds of software it's showing up in. It may be a good example of programming that's worth reviewing as I learn or it may just help provide a sense in the kind of community that's growing (or not) around something that's relatively new (in some stable status at least) like Rust. Had it not said "Rust" in the title... I may well have not bothered to look at this at all.