Rust is mostly safety
I&#x27;m a lowly ancient Java programmer and I think Rust is far far more than safety.<p>In my opinion Rust is about doing things right. It may have been about safety at first but I think it is more than that given the work of the community.<p>Yes I know there is the right tool for the right job and is impossible to fill all use cases but IMO Rust is striving for iPhone like usage.<p>I have never seen a more disciplined and balanced community approach to creating PL. Everything seems to be carefully thought out and iterated on. There is a lot to be said to this (although ironically I suppose one could call that safe)!<p>PL is more than the language. It is works, community and mindshare.<p>If Rust was so concerned with safety I don&#x27;t think much work would be done on making it so consumable for all with continuous improvements of compiler error messages, easier syntax and improved documentation.<p>Rust is one of the first languages in a long time that makes you think different.<p>If it is just safety... safety is one overloaded word.