[ as someone who does not work in language design ] - it does feel sometimes like this achievement is more a source of pride than a hard requirement. A sort of

[ as someone who does not work in language design ] - it does feel sometimes like this achievement is more a source of pride than a hard requirement. A sort of symbolic (no pun) closing of the circle. Is there a reason why keeping a compiler in, say, C would be a bad idea long-term?