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He didn't have to. He wanted to.

Which is the same motivation as creator of rust, zig, nim, ruby, perl, python had. They all wanted to make a programming language better at something.

So I don't see anything "hilarious" about it.

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Rust was created on a Mozilla payroll to provide a C++ alternative with better concurrency support for the purpose of browser engine rewrite. Also, Rust doesn't have a 'creator', the person tasked with leading the project didn't have the authority to make the decisions, see https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/307291.html

Rust was a personal project of Graydon's for years before it was sponsored by Mozilla. It's perfectly apt to be included in the parent poster's list.

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