why not just use an existing language? ATen (pytorch’s autodiff engine) is written in C++ anyway, so why not use that? i really don’t understand the trend with

why not just use an existing language? ATen (pytorch’s autodiff engine) is written in C++ anyway, so why not use that? i really don’t understand the trend with launching a new language every time it seems convenient; it may have the advantage of being made at {company}, but this is also its great downside: it exists, is maintained, and used only with relation to the project/company that prompted its creation for example, swift is only used for swiftui and some other apple specific stuff, and no sane person is going to write an unrelated serious project in it