Microsoft chose Go instead of C# or Rust to rewrite TypeScript

[Kapendev]

On Monday, 8 September 2025 at 16:43:10 UTC, Neto wrote:
> this is the reasoning
>
> https://github.com/microsoft/typescript-go/discussions/411
>
> I wonder if they did consider D language. First comment says 
> why Rust would be a good choice "If not C#, I would have 
> expected Rust, since that's where the rest of the ecosystem is. 
> So, another surprise there." it seems D is missing ecosystem to 
> be competive language?

It's just a compiler, so any language that isn't JS or Python 
would work. Language choice often comes down to team preference 
and ecosystem.