It could beat using C/C++ for using an embedded web server. I remember I tried that once and a lot of the work was using aho-corasick for working with paths, ha

It could beat using C/C++ for using an embedded web server. I remember I tried that once and a lot of the work was using aho-corasick for working with paths, handling cookies and dealing with a bunch of nasty error handling all of which in theory would be easier in rust. My problem wasn't so much dealing with memory management, but trying to put an upper bound on memory usage and failing nicely when that upper bound is met. I generally don't like working with garbage-collected languages, or having to use some niche application-specific language when I can just use a general-purpose language instead.