I don't see this as an issue, the fact that OCaml is such a great compiler language means that plenty of good compiler writers already know and use OCaml. Face

I don't see this as an issue, the fact that OCaml is such a great compiler language means that plenty of good compiler writers already know and use OCaml. Facebook wrote the compiler for their Hack language (basically a better PHP) in OCaml, for example. Bootstrapped compilers are nice but can come later, after the language gains traction in the community. This language is brand new.