It may not be required, but it has the virtue of existing. Now that it does, is it a problem that it's not written in Python? Especially given that they've ch

It may not be required, but it has the virtue of existing. Now that it does, is it a problem that it's not written in Python? Especially given that they've chosen to take on managing the interpreter as well: being in a compiled language does mean that it doesn't have the bootstrap problem of needing an already functional Python installation that they need to avoid breaking.