[rbnsl]

Interesting, haven’t heard this viewpoint before of Rust being a drop in replacement for Java. From my limited experience with Rust it felt like the learning curve was way steeper than when I was learning Java for my previous job. Good point on C though, one of my old CS instructors would always call C his swiss army knife since its so small he had practically the entire syntax in his head.

[ActorNightly]

Rust is not a drop in replacement right now in the sense that it does require more learning curve, but for example if colleges switched to teaching everything in Rust, then you would see its use on the same level as Java.

[jasonjmcghee]

OP never said rust was a drop in replacement for java

[worddepress]

I think the notion of that comment is Rust is the new "new C++".