I wouldn't presume to speak for Daniel, but I got the feeling that he just wanted to publish this to point people to rather than send the same canned response t

I wouldn't presume to speak for Daniel, but I got the feeling that he just wanted to publish this to point people to rather than send the same canned response to inquiries about porting to Rust et al. Drakma sounds great. Tone is tough to get right online. I don't like people doing drive-by suggestions like "you should rewrite X in Y". But if people are really willing to roll up their sleeves, write the tool (in any language) and keep it going for the long haul, I applaud them. I just have great respect and empathy for project maintainers, I think some don't appreciate what a huge PITA it is to BDFL a successful project.