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> I don't think it's responsible to ask ordinary programmers to start their projects in new languages.

Rust is 14 years old[0], its compiler has been self-hosting for 9 years, and its 1.0 release was nearly 5 years ago. Sure, that's not as old as C or C++, but I wouldn't call it "new" either.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(programming_language)#Hi...

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Provided code written 14 years ago wouldn't compile on current compilers, I think it's fair to consider today's Rust is a fairly new (i.e 5 years old) language.

I’d call it maybe still a bit too new for applications where enterprise-level funds or harm to human life is in scope if the software fails. But it’s getting there.

“too new”. Would you say the same about he new Boeing plane, then - too?

The 737 max? Yeah probably.

However if 737 continued flying we would get more deaths rather than more fixes, wouldn’t we?

Age has got nothing to do with stability.

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