[zozbot234]

> the performance improvements you get will be lost on IO-bound applications

Performance starts mattering even in IO-bound applications as soon as you're trying to seriously scale out. Especially when running on a cloud-based platform. As for "the complexity of memory management", people like to bring this up about Rust but OP suggests that it's not a huge concern with the language.

I do agree that rewriting stuff like Electron-based apps should be a priority, and that Rust can help this via easy bindings to native OS and GUI platforms.