I’m a big fan of Rust, and am currently working on a major Rust project, but I don’t think it’s currently a viable replacement for most Java apps, nor is it rea

I’m a big fan of Rust, and am currently working on a major Rust project, but I don’t think it’s currently a viable replacement for most Java apps, nor is it really intended to be. If anything Go is closer to fitting that bill, if only because of its traditional garbage collection. Applications written in Java by definition aren’t too concerned with memory management, and Rust is objectively a step backwards for them. Rust is a more credible replacement for C++, but there I think it will be fighting inertia. Many C++ devs are actively against changing languages. I’ve also seen people “writing C++ in Rust”, using unsafe everywhere so they don’t have to figure out how to design their code to fit Rust’s model. You then end up with a kind of worst of both worlds.