Correct me if I'm wrong, but adoption of "server-side" (aka non-App) Swift by people who weren't already Mac/iOS app developers seems to have been microscopic. Surely the language must be considered a colossal failure in that regard, because the goals espoused in the early years went far beyond just being an Apple person language.
(Or to summarise the situation in another way, it got mercilessly shunned in terms of wider community enthusiasm versus Rust)
(Or to summarise the situation in another way, it got mercilessly shunned in terms of wider community enthusiasm versus Rust)