Agreed, I think musl is the obvious choice actually: it may be newer (at least I think it's newer) but it's pretty solid, and it's use in Alpine Linux has proba

Agreed, I think musl is the obvious choice actually: it may be newer (at least I think it's newer) but it's pretty solid, and it's use in Alpine Linux has probably helped it mature and gain ecosystem support, especially as Alpine gained popularity for Docker/OCI images due to its size efficiency.