[reynoldsbd]

> rust solves the issue of finding competent engineers

That's a very cynical take, but I think there's a kernel of truth in there somewhere. Rust does indeed make it much harder for less experienced programmers to make certain classes of mistakes. Why on earth would that be a bad thing?

> you can't shortcut this by...

"Using Rust" and "understanding the hardware"/"good architecture" are not mutually exclusive, and Rust is not a shortcut. Embedded programming is still very hard. In some ways, Rust can make it even more difficult by forcing your code and architecture to follow additional rules.

> cannot get around C or C++

Speaking from experience, this is false. It's perfectly possible to write embedded applications using only Rust and assembly, without a single line of C/C++. I do it every day.