[coldtea]

Rust is not even 1.0.

And even if it was, it would take 3-5 years until it gets any decent adoption (if that happens, which remains to be seen). It doesn't even have Go level adoption yet, and Go's adoption is not something to write home about either.

C, people know very well, has tons of tooling, plays well in all platforms and has all the libraries in the world available for it.

[rakoo]

> Go's adoption is not something to write home about either.

I wouldn't say so... Go may not be as widespread as other older languages, but the speed at which it's taking over new developments (and sometimes re-writes) can't be glossed over that easily.

Regarding GP's comment, I believe the number 1 argument why that project is started in C is performance. Even nginx, which is also written in C, can't match H2O's speed; I doubt Rust with all the micro-management you can have could beat this level of dedication towards performance.

[coldtea]

>I wouldn't say so... Go may not be as widespread as other older languages, but the speed at which it's taking over new developments (and sometimes re-writes) can't be glossed over that easily.

It has a decent following for a new-ish (5 years) language, but the HN echo-chamber makes it seem ever larger than it actually is.

In the general industry it's nearly a statistical error, especially in the enterprise.