Instead of language complexity I think it's a result of the specific positioning of the Rust language as a more safe successor to C/C++. Rewrite-in-Rust is a t

Instead of language complexity I think it's a result of the specific positioning of the Rust language as a more safe successor to C/C++. Rewrite-in-Rust is a thing. Not only for applications but also for foundational libraries (crypto, http, async, etc). The ecosystem is still young with lots of gaps and many devs are experimenting with new approaches to fill those gaps. More new projects -> more abandoned projects.