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> Well, that says it. Rust has pivoted to web stuff.

Rust is just a language - and it's just as suitable to deep embedded and general system programming as it's ever been. The real difference is that it would be insane to write network services and especially web stuff in C/C++, whereas Rust makes this quite feasible. Why are you surprised that web folks are interested in doing that?

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Rust doesn't have taint, and C++ does, making C++ the better option for any secure system with user-input.

Leaving aside the fact that I don't know of any of the largest Web properties that use tainting: tainting, like any other type system property, doesn't mean much if the language isn't memory safe.

If this isn't trolling, I worry about you.

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