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> If you're interested in limiting your market, there's a whole embedded and high performance space where this is critical.

Well, it's a preference, not a hard requirement. I'll hold my nose and work on such a codebase if there are other reasons, like the project itself being very interesting.

> Considering LLVM takes the same stance

IMHO, that's a mistake. But LLVM is an example of a project that's compelling enough to work on despite what I consider a set of poor language choices.