[UncleMeat]

People are calling for the use of languages like java or python when it is appropriate. Rust is just specifically mentioned (along with Swift, to some degree) when it comes to applications that have a couple of fundamental requirements that prevent the use of other languages. These might be requirements like no pausing for GC or the ability to run without a VM.

Rust (and Swift) are viable languages for solving most problems that people usually reach for C or C++ to solve today and both make it considerably more difficult, by default, to introduce the most common class of serious security vulnerabilities in the modern world.