Since I was mostly complaining, it might not sound like it - but I think that embedded Rust has arrived, for some MCUs. If there is good support for your chosen

Since I was mostly complaining, it might not sound like it - but I think that embedded Rust has arrived, for some MCUs. If there is good support for your chosen chip / dev board - there's no need to wait around for it to take off. You can even link C/C++ code if you need to use a library that doesn't have a rust equivalent.