>> a) new language does some unique thing that the old language didn't do, even if the unique thing is useless and irrelevant >> b) new language has a bigger n

>> a) new language does some unique thing that the old language didn't do, even if the unique thing is useless and irrelevant >> b) new language has a bigger number than old language on benchmarks, even if the benchmark is irrelevant to your use case > * no GC, while being memory safe. > * high performance on par with C while offering no-cost high level conveniences. My point exactly! > was initially backed by a big, trusted company, Mozzila, while OCaml comes from a Research Lab Mozilla is not large and trustworthy, as you can see by the fact they haven't kept funding Rust development (because they can't afford to)! People weren't picking Rust because it had better backing or a bigger ecosystem, not in the early stages that made the difference - it didn't.