[efnx]

I see people coming to Rust from all angles. It’s a nice sweet spot. I came to it from Haskell and on my team of three the other two devs came to Rust from C++. I can opine the motivation looks something like this:

* From Haskell - looking for a strong type system (with sum types, typeclasses) but is “widely accepted”. No GC.

* From C++ - looking for low-level capabilities (pointers, references) with improved safety. Improved manual memory management.

* From Python/JS - looking for performance with a familiar feeling ecosystem and a welcoming community

I think the Python and JS folks will have the hardest go of it, but they also have the most to gain.