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>Does it matter in which language is a text editor written in?

It does from a marketing perspective. A text editor written in Rust would instantly get upvote and some traction / following. It also signals a much higher quality technical foundation as viewed by most on HN / internet.

Note: I dont endorse Rust nor any of the above as being my views.



Maybe the language itself supports a better technical foundation. I am skeptical about the Rust library ecosystem.


That depends on what kind of libraries you need.

If you are writing a CLI, or TUI, the library ecosystem is pretty good. If you are writing a web server, the ecosystem is ok, but still has some rough edges. If you are writing a GUI... good luck.


Not with the current state of the UI frameworks, not really.




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