Comment by julianeon
1 month ago
An interesting takeaway from this is that it looks like Rust has really fallen off, in terms of popularity. There was a time when it would've topped these lists (and yes I know you mentioned it - I mean people would've mentioned it anyway). It seems like Nim has claimed 100% of its mindshare.
Rust hasn't fallen off, it's just largely considered mainstream now.
Some time ago, Rust had no viable replacement at all. If somebody came asking "hey, how can I replace Rust on this system level software" the only possible answer was "you don't".
Nowadays, alternatives exist, and so people can answer with one.
None of that has any meaning for the popularity of Rust or lack thereof.
The prompt explicitly says “not Rust”. So the answers don’t say Rust.