alt Hacker NewsWhy's everybody obsessed with the popularity contest?
Rust is a great language with some great killer features.
It does not need consistent propaganda preaching how it's a better choice than "insert other language".
Every system programmer is aware of Rust and it's pros. Doesn't mean it's a language that fits the use case, project, constraints and even preferences. It's not just about generating code, it's also about reading it and maintaining it.
Thus some people just prefer alternatives, be it C, C3, Odin, Zig, Jai or whatever else there is.
You said it yourself, it's selling point is "nicer C", so it's for people that don't want to write Rust or C++ but a nicer C.
> It does not need consistent propaganda preaching how it's a better choice than "insert other language".
Indeed. There is an irrational urge in some folks to become language-missionaries. Usually such folks have gained expertise in that specific language and want to protect and expand their turf. There is a wide-range of software usecases requiring a variety of tools and no one language fits all.
Amusing side-note. xai was all-in on rust for their ai-stack back in 2023. But now, spacex controlled xai is apparently coding ai in C - perhaps with the attitude that if a language is good enough to control rockets it is good for ai.