I use embedded Rust for my day job. We keep our third-party dependencies purposefully minimal, but I adore that they're there when I need to reach for them. Lik

I use embedded Rust for my day job. We keep our third-party dependencies purposefully minimal, but I adore that they're there when I need to reach for them. Like, we just needed a basic TCP stack to get our PoC up and running, so I can just grab smoltcp and be off to the races. Being written in C or C++ wouldn't obviate our need for a TCP stack, I'd still either need to get it from somewhere else or write it myself. And even if I can't use a third-party dependency for whatever reason (e.g. if it doesn't support no_std mode), I can still usually repurpose their existing test suite to give me confidence in my port or reimplementation.