The C is all generated parsers, all our actual coding is done in Rust.

this audience will also enjoy(?) the tree-sitter discussion going on here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39762495

there are very similar complaints about "yikes that thing just vomits a massive amount of loosey goosey C" so I hope you've not experienced the crashes they're talking about

The generator is written in Rust, so all emitted C code is safe and blazingly fast (rocket emoji)

I think you missed an /s