Rust is #16 on TIOBE, down from #13. GitHub also just published Octoverse 2025 and Rust still hasn't cracked the top 10: https://github.blog/news-insights/octo

Rust is #16 on TIOBE, down from #13. GitHub also just published Octoverse 2025 and Rust still hasn't cracked the top 10: https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-a-new-developer-joins-github-every-second-as-ai-leads-typescript-to-1/#the-top-programming-languages-of-2025-typescript-jumps-to-1-while-python-takes-2 https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-a-new-... Meanwhile, C++ is steadfast and even C is on the edges. Looking at these lists, Go is an interesting option. It's rising in popularity and there is also a young community interested in it. It also integrates much better with existing C projects. Are there requirements for manual memory management? Would porting to Go instead of Rust have noticeable impacts on performance? Thinking about it now, Go seems like a more prudent option than Rust that achieves all of the publicly stated goals.