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docs(readme): name the languages other compositors use

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115	115		## Why not Rust?
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117		-	Most Wayland compositors today are written in Rust or C. NeferTTY is written in Go, by choice:
	117	+	Most Wayland compositors are written in C (wlroots, Sway, Mutter), C++ (KWin, Hyprland, gamescope) or Rust (niri, COSMIC). NeferTTY is written in Go, by choice:
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119	119		- Simple and readable. Go is small and explicit. Goroutines and channels fit a compositor where each part (input, outputs, clients) owns its own state.
120	120		- Fast builds, easy tooling. A full build takes seconds; tests, the race detector, profiling and formatting come with the language.


@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ focus after layout changes is updated on the next move.
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115		## Why not Rust?	115		## Why not Rust?
116			116
117	-	Most Wayland compositors today are written in Rust or C. NeferTTY is written in Go, by choice:	117	+	Most Wayland compositors are written in C (wlroots, Sway, Mutter), C++ (KWin, Hyprland, gamescope) or Rust (niri, COSMIC). NeferTTY is written in Go, by choice:
118			118
119		- Simple and readable. Go is small and explicit. Goroutines and channels fit a compositor where each part (input, outputs, clients) owns its own state.	119		- Simple and readable. Go is small and explicit. Goroutines and channels fit a compositor where each part (input, outputs, clients) owns its own state.
120		- Fast builds, easy tooling. A full build takes seconds; tests, the race detector, profiling and formatting come with the language.	120		- Fast builds, easy tooling. A full build takes seconds; tests, the race detector, profiling and formatting come with the language.