Given a situation where (pre-rust) the usual choice would be to use C or C++, it's totally appropriate to choose Rust. That's one of Rust's express design goals

Given a situation where (pre-rust) the usual choice would be to use C or C++, it's totally appropriate to choose Rust. That's one of Rust's express design goals. Go is intended to make it very easy for junior devs to build concurrent network applications. That's its design goal. It's not a zero-sum game. Choosing rust doesn't weaken go or vice versa.