You're probably correct, but I think Rust is probably fitting a solid place of making developers used to higher level languages actually -look- at embedded prog

You're probably correct, but I think Rust is probably fitting a solid place of making developers used to higher level languages actually -look- at embedded programming. It's an entry point. Now, for those who get involved enough in it, they might find issues with the language, and that will provide them incentive to get comfortable with C. Or maybe they won't; maybe they'll get turned off at that point, or maybe they'll find making Rust work a better option, or they'll find still another language that is even closer to C, without the holes. But either way, providing a way to move in that direction without having to immediately accept all the baggage C brings seems like a good thing. It certainly has moved my mindset from "screw embedded unless it's beefy enough I can run Erlang" to "well, maybe; Rust looks interesting". And I figure if I get comfortable enough with looking into the space, I either