Rust has at least one niche for itself: Extension language for Python (or Javascript, Ruby, etc). A language with garbage collection disqualifies because Python

Rust has at least one niche for itself: Extension language for Python (or Javascript, Ruby, etc). A language with garbage collection disqualifies because Python already has one and two GCs in one application is not a good idea. Go has no plans to abandon GC and D still has a long way to go.