Rust is meant to replace C++, not C. The original motivation was that the Mozilla devs were sick and tired of all the subtle ways bugs can sneak into a large, c

Rust is meant to replace C++, not C. The original motivation was that the Mozilla devs were sick and tired of all the subtle ways bugs can sneak into a large, complex C++ code base. The ultimate aim is to write the nextgen browser engine not an operating system kernel or some embedded code for a system with 4kB RAM.