> I assume it's mostly driven by former C/C++ programmer From what I can tell, Rust seems mainly to have attracted people from dynamic interpreted languages wh

> I assume it's mostly driven by former C/C++ programmer From what I can tell, Rust seems mainly to have attracted people from dynamic interpreted languages who weren't deeply invested in C or C++. I think it's easier to sell a Ruby programmer on performance than it is to sell a C++ programmer on an unfamiliar safety mechanism.