Another factor here is that Chris Lattner, creator of Swift, used to work for Apple, with a high-ranking job, he was directing a whole department. He's since le

Another factor here is that Chris Lattner, creator of Swift, used to work for Apple, with a high-ranking job, he was directing a whole department. He's since left Apple a few years ago. No longer having the creator of Swift championing its use at Apple opens the door to alternatives. I haven't used Rust myself, but it looks like a solid language for systems development.