To be fair though, there are better and worse tools. There are legitimate reasons to say that PHP should be avoided and that Rust is a good choice. It's just important to understand how much weight these opinions have and understand why they apply.

If you are building a bulk file rename tool, it doesn't matter how you do it as long as it works. If you are handling untrusted data from remote sources, then you may want to consider if C is a good idea.