[bluejekyll]

By no means do I believe it will overtake these other languages quickly. But one huge benefit that Rust has over these others is this idea of "fearless programming". Watching Ruby Devs jump into Rust, fight the compiler for a bit, but then have a blazing fast app with some very detailed systems level interaction, is amazing. On top of that, it never segfaults!

Jumping into C and C++ is in my own experience, much more difficult. All of the complexity of those languages disappears into the Compiler in Rust. I think the big thing here is that Rust can appeal to many developers from all walks, not just those of us who've spent years or decades with Assembly/C/C++.

[pjmlp]

I agree, but also feel a bit sorry for Ruby devs, in the sense that they could have had that experience with Dylan or even with Apple's short love with a Ruby AOT compiler (which eventually became RubyMotion), while staying in Ruby.