Rust is much older than Zig, though, and there's nothing stopping Zig (or any future language that doesn't adopt Rust's precise set of guarantees) from having the same, or possibly better. Given Zig's immaturity, I certainly wouldn't use it for any serious production software today.
BTW, I'm not saying Rust is bad. All I'm saying is that the attempt at proving it's objectively best by leaning on memory-safety is not really as objective as the people who make that claim seem to think it is.
BTW, I'm not saying Rust is bad. All I'm saying is that the attempt at proving it's objectively best by leaning on memory-safety is not really as objective as the people who make that claim seem to think it is.