As long as LLVM (C++ but still) is not rewritten is rust [0] , I don't buy it. C is like JavaScript, it's not perfect, is everywhere and you cannot replace it without a lot of effort and bugfix/regression tests.
If I take for example sqlite (25 years old [3]) there are already 2 rewrites in rust [1] and [2], and each one has its bugs.
And as an end user I'm more enclined to trust the battle-tested original for my prod than its copies. As long as I don't have the proof the rewrite is at least as good as the original, I'll stay with the original. Simple equals more maintainable. That's also why sqlite maintainers won't rewrite it in any other language [4].
The trade of rust is "you can lose features and have unexpected bugs like any other language, but don't worry they will be memory safe bugs".
I'm not saying rust is bad and you should not rewrite anything in it, but IMHO rust programmers tend to overestimate the quality of the features they deliver [5] or something along these lines.
If I take for example sqlite (25 years old [3]) there are already 2 rewrites in rust [1] and [2], and each one has its bugs.
And as an end user I'm more enclined to trust the battle-tested original for my prod than its copies. As long as I don't have the proof the rewrite is at least as good as the original, I'll stay with the original. Simple equals more maintainable. That's also why sqlite maintainers won't rewrite it in any other language [4].
The trade of rust is "you can lose features and have unexpected bugs like any other language, but don't worry they will be memory safe bugs".
I'm not saying rust is bad and you should not rewrite anything in it, but IMHO rust programmers tend to overestimate the quality of the features they deliver [5] or something along these lines.
Memory safe != good product
[0] https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/overview.html [1] https://github.com/epilys/rsqlite3 [2] https://github.com/tursodatabase/turso/ [3] https://sqlite.org/chronology.html [4] https://www.sqlite.org/whyc.html [5] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.10-Broken-Upgrade