Yes, I would and if you want to use the TIOBE index as a guide you can use the following reasoning to justify the choice: Rust is the spiritual successor for #

Yes, I would and if you want to use the TIOBE index as a guide you can use the following reasoning to justify the choice: Rust is the spiritual successor for #2 (C) and #4 (C++), while Kotlin is that for #3 (Java). All three of those are showing their age and in a downwards trend.