Because I happen to know C++ and I just wanted to build something rather than learn a new language. Zig looks very interesting though, there are already other p

Because I happen to know C++ and I just wanted to build something rather than learn a new language. Zig looks very interesting though, there are already other projects in this space that use it with great success (see: https://github.com/zml/zml https://github.com/zml/zml).