Comment by AsyncAwait

The parent actually said "Rust or pretty much anything else", which means any memory safe language. It just happens that Rust came to his/her mind as the first choice probably because it's been talked a lot about lately on HN and memory safety is its explicit focus.

I see no "programming languages a religion zealotry" in parents post, but I see a lot of bitterness in yours. Perhaps it's time to reflect.