[pjmlp]

From my dabbling experiences with Rust, I would say that it should mostly be considered for scenarios where a GC is absolutely no go.

If the application deployment scenario can handle typical GC workloads, then using a programming language with such support is more productive.

One example would be modern GUI toolkits.

[staticassertion]

GC doesn't factor into my use of rust, really. It's definitely a nice benefit, but not the main motivator.

I use it because it's easy to write code that I can come back to later and understand, and have confidence in.