My hypothesis is a software growth, like a business or an economy, is fueled by debt. We create technical debts, both deliberately and accidentally, to write so

My hypothesis is a software growth, like a business or an economy, is fueled by debt. We create technical debts, both deliberately and accidentally, to write software faster. And when the software proves itself as a viable project, we could (ideally) start paying the debt. Rust forces users pay certain kinds of debt upfront that makes Rust attractive for rewriting, but I don't think it's that much attractive for greenfield projects. You'd want to fight your problems, not your problems plus Rust. On top of my head right now I couldn't think of any famous Rust projects which aren't a rewrite. Personally I don't think Rust is that hard to learn and some of my side projects are being written in Rust. But if I ever had a business with Rust as a main language, I'd be worry I could find enough Rust programmers. Fortunately the community is addressing its ergonomics and hopefully one day its approachability and learning curve will also gain more attention.