Flip the question around: what is the benefit when they already know C++? Most of the safety promises one could make with Rust they can already give through pro

Flip the question around: what is the benefit when they already know C++? Most of the safety promises one could make with Rust they can already give through proper application of sanitizers and tooling. At least they believe they can, and management believes them. Grug not ask too many questions when the working prototype is already sitting on Grug's desk because someone hacked it together last night instead of spending that time learning a new language. I suspect that in a generation or so Rust will probably be where C++ is now: the language business uses because they can quickly find 20 developers who have a career in it.