The downvotes are likely for the fact that no one made your strawman claim. “Rust isn’t very popular” is not a statement of its suitability for any particular

The downvotes are likely for the fact that no one made your strawman claim. “Rust isn’t very popular” is not a statement of its suitability for any particular purpose. It’s a response to the idea that somehow it would have already displaced C/C++ for all security-sensitive work.