The 'Magick' in this case is less welcome when your system is pwned. Maybe less magic formats and tools will have, I don't know, less vectors for compromise.

We had better options before and after C, yet here we are. Not to piss on Rust's parade, but it may prove not to be the white knight of code hoped for. And I like Rust - I am probably just less emotionally clouded in my view point.