Comment by mustache_kimono

> Some people isn’t most people and certainly not all people.

I never said Rust was the universal language, that is pleasing to all people. I was very careful to frame Rust's success in existential, not absolute or universal, terms:

>> Winning by my lights is -- using this nice thing rather than this not so nice thing. It's doing interesting things where one couldn't previously. It's a few more delighted developers.

I am not saying these technologies (C and Perl) should go away. I am saying -- I am very pleased there is no longer a monoculture. For me, winning is having alternatives to C in embedded and kernel development, and Perl for scripting, especially as these communities, right now, seem less vibrant, and less adaptable to change.