[JohnFen]

It's just the new hotness, that's all. When something comes down the pike and people get very excited about it, the tendency is to think it's the answer to All The Things.

This is particularly true with languages.

It will settle down, and Rust will become a respectable addition to the collection of useful languages. When that happens, it will have it's advocates and fans like any other language, but it all won't seem quite so over-the-top.

I've seen this same pattern play out many, many times over the years.