Comment by npalli

The primary use case for Rust being CLI is somewhat strange and speaks to non-technical considerations. Does anyone really think there is an advantage Rust brings here over everything else -- Golang, Python etc. Rust community seems to go after "hot" areas in hopes of getting traction, fully understandable. Writing web services is another area Rust people jumped into looking at the popularity of Golang. Most recent "hot" area being crypto. The reality is none of these areas is a sweet spot for Rust and will remain niche (in comparison to other languages). The sweet spot is low level systems programming and displacing C++ (of which there is a real and desperate need). If the community can focus on interoperability with C++ (at the gnarly level), would be make a big difference to adoption.