Author here - The background of 'emacs-ng' is to add new features to emacs utilizing different tools and techniques, including Rust. This update integrates the Deno runtime, allowing us to run javascript and leverage async I/O within emacs.

While I love elisp, I understand it's not for everyone, so I thought this would allow people to customize the editor with a language they are a little more familiar with. Future plans include integrating Typescript.