Yes. At the same time, every generation of programmers will come in and will want to make a dent in the space time. Why would a new developer want to use the

Yes. At the same time, every generation of programmers will come in and will want to make a dent in the space time. Why would a new developer want to use the stuff grand pa wrote ad nauseam? They want to take charge of their own adventure. Not everyone was born when things were exciting and we didn't know where we were going. New tools likely wouldn't carry cruft that accumulated through time, as the tools understood their own essence, as they changed and morphed over time. There is a Not_invented_here syndrome at play, with a New_shiny factor and potentially the benefits of cutting down a tool to the essential. If anything, it's a good learning practice to rewrite existing tool, your way. Rust does bring advantages, but if they don't learn the past, they're bound to repeat the mistakes made; memory safety only being a small part of the problem, over time (most of these old C tools now have been vetted many times over and are now pretty 'safe').