I would take what Google does with a grain of salt. I am sure Rust is great, C++ does run the world, and Google does backs out of things pretty often. Look at Dart as an example. C++ is like 4 languages in 1 depending on how your write code. A lot of the issues are based on on how the software is being developed. This is just smoke and mirrors.... go and rewrite a CAD application in Rust like Solidworks, that is just not going to happen.
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Who is going all in on Rust? Google with much of their Android codebase, its browser, and more. They are systematically replacing the C++ where they can. (And Carbon when they can't replace it outright.)
And Linux, where core devs are accepting…
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