And this is nothing new. People already knew how to write compilers in Prolog (easily) in the 90s. The problem with Prolog is that it requires a change in the way you think about problems, to a more declarative way. Programmers are in general not willing to do this since the result will be not as performant as what they can do with C. There must be a revolution in programming education and tools before people fully understand how Prolog works.
"since the result will be not as performant as what they can do with C" -- This isn't the main reason, but it's also not really true. Paradigm changes don't imply "less performance". To the extent programmers believe, herd-like, "C is fast therefore my program will be fast", they are almost always wrong.
A lot of programmers resist learning anything new, for various reasons, but most charitably because they are never exposed to new ideas or paradigms.
yeah yeah i got that too after a while, which is also why i like non mainstream programming languages, after a while you're tired writing more versions of the same routines/procedures/methods that won't help you find better solutions
