[JZerf]

This is something I want to know too. C++ certainly has some issues like pretty much every programming language does but in the original article Andreas mentions that he wants to make a cross-platform browser and cross-platform, portable applications is one of the areas where C++ can excel. If they end up switching to Jakt, I fear this will greatly limit the platforms that Ladybird can run on.

[Beyley]

Jakt transpiles to C++

[JZerf]

That's kind of interesting that it currently transpiles to C++. I have a suspicion though that using C++ as an intermediate language will probably often result in lower performance, higher memory usage, make debugging more complicated, etc... than if it was compiled directly to a lower level language like assembly or LLVM IR. If I'm right about that, those wouldn't be very good characteristics for a programming language that you intend to make a complex web browser in.

In zamadatix's reply to your message he said that C++ is only being used to bootstrap the language and that it's certainly not the plan to require C++ forever. I imagine if Jakt thrives, he will be right and Jakt will probably start compiling into a lower level language instead. If they do target a lower level language though, I imagine this will result in Jakt being less portable than C++ which has been around much longer and is more established.

[zamadatix]

Only to bootstrap the language, it's certainly not the plan to require that forever.