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by mejutoco 1192 days ago
Because of the zero-cost abstractions and memory safety.
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Sure. Does that justify it being the best option for every development task? This is what I am puzzled by.
First you wrote:

> I am asking genuinely, without implying anything and/or being sarcastic:

Now you’ve written:

> Sure. Does that justify it being the best option for every development task? This is what I am puzzled by.

Your strawman hyperbole leads me to believe that your line of questioning is not genuine.

Isn't this a strawman? Are you sure somebody is making that point (I sure am not) or is an impression you get from reading isolated individuals using Rust for perfectly valid use cases.
Try it, enjoy it more than any other languages you’ve used before, want to use it everywhere you can