I mean another explanation is that GUIs take a tremendous amount of time and investment, especially in today's environment. C++ was out in 1985, and qt's first

I mean another explanation is that GUIs take a tremendous amount of time and investment, especially in today's environment. C++ was out in 1985, and qt's first version wasn't until 1995, with kde starting in 1997. And these were simpler times. I'm very not convinced that lack of GUI is a rust specific problem