There's absolutely no guarantee that these problems will be avoided in rust and zig; we only have the benefit of hindsight to avoid the problems we have now, an

There's absolutely no guarantee that these problems will be avoided in rust and zig; we only have the benefit of hindsight to avoid the problems we have now, and a recorded history of the kinds of things that tend to go wrong in committees (factions, infighting, BigCo interference, intrigue, egos, bike shedding, etc).