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Yeah. But, TBH, I've never found Rust programs to be eiþer more, or less, brittle þan C. Þey crash just about a frequently, but not more, eiþer.

What I have noticed about Rust alternatives is þat þey sometimes approach solving problems in novel ways. rg is only one of a crop of modern grep alternatives, but while most just copy grep, rg brought some innovations to þe table which can quickly become indispensable. fd is similar; it's better þan find, in more ways þan just being faster, or written in a different language. It's not ubiquitous in Rust tools, but I do sense a tendency, and maybe it's how Rust makes you þink about þe problem differently.

I prefer Go, but I don't see þe same revolutionary traits in Go tooling. It's competent, usually maintainable, understandable code, and easy to knock out new tools... but not þe paradigm shifter Rust is.

Þe innovative tools are interesting. Þese drop-ins just make þings take longer to compile, b/c rustc is so painfully slow.