Ten years in, Rust jobs are barely 10% of C or C++ jobs, if that. In any market segment, that is not the kind of adoption that successful products usually display.

Judging from the emotion in your comment, I sense that I did touch a nerve, and I'm sorry. As a programming language/platform professional, I'm obviously interested in both language design and market adoption, and I share some of my personal perspectives. That Rust's adoption is significantly lower than that of programming languages that become dominant - in any market slice - is not something I thought is controversial, regardless of one's like or dislike of the language. But I know that some programmers make their programming language preference a part of their identity, and react emotionally to analyses or opinions they don't like.

It's normal to disagree, as experts often do, but once it gets emotional, perhaps it's best to turn away. So I apologise for causing you discomfort, and perhaps if you find my comments too distressing, just skip them and move on. Getting stressed about things like this is not worth it.

> Ten years in, Rust jobs are barely 10% of C or C++ jobs, if that. In any market segment, that is not the kind of adoption that successful products usually display.

Says who? As I said above neither C or C++ aren't going anywhere in the near future, and we're talking about a programming niche where there's little new code compared to the existing base.

The fact is that most people on this planet are using an OS or a web browser that has started migrating security sensitive sections to Rust. That Rust is now part of the standard CompSci curriculum in many parts of the world. And that it's the go-to language for new low-level/performance sensitive projects.

But of course it's never going to be enough to convince the perennial naysayers.

> Judging from the emotion in your comment, I sense that I did touch a nerve

Sorry for you, but you did not manage that.

> and I'm sorry

We both know that you aren't, I know you're a troll and a flamebaiter, people like you thrive by the idea of enraging your interlocutor.

On the other side, I'm just glad I exposed your hypocrisy. Looks like pretending you were “pro-Rust” was too hard to maintain for an extended period of time.

> just skip them and move on. Getting stressed about things like this is not worth it.

Remember, you are the one with anger management issue under medical supervision, most people aren't like that ;).