[Zamiel_Snawley]

Is there evidence that this was a concerted marketing effort? That behavior seems pretty consistent with the normal culture of the sector, vim vs emacs comes to mind.

I have found rust difficult to learn, and I continue to develop and maintain embedded systems with C. I say this not to distance myself from rust, but to indicate my neutrality on the subject.

[c_crank]

I call it marketing, but I agree that it developed naturally. But I think it goes much further in excess than the typical emacs vs vim brinksmanship.