It might make sense for a General Purpose language, but really only if the language's goals make it suitable. For example suppose you decided goal #1 is ease o

It might make sense for a General Purpose language, but really only if the language's goals make it suitable. For example suppose you decided goal #1 is ease of use for beginners so you consciously choose verbose syntax. It's unlikely that your compiler is written by beginners and they may get sick of needing all this verbosity. For Special Purpose languages it only makes sense if their purpose is centrally writing compilers. It doesn't make sense to write your Verilog "compiler" in Verilog.