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Rust does not bind well with C for this reason it can not become a system level programming https://way-cooler.org/blog/2019/04/29/rewriting-way-cooler-... However, there is another programming language that does not need bindings. It is called Zig and here it explains how it solves the same problem https://youtube.com/watch?v=mwrA5IRGpfU&feature=share

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But that it does not bind well with the memory model of a certain wayland implementation does not mean that it cannot bind well with C generally. It also does not mean you cannot use it for Wayland since there is a native Wayland implementation. [0]

And for the systems level programming there is stuff like the current work to make use of Rust and the guarantees it gives in large C based systems like the Linux kernel.

That said that Zig is not a worthy endeavour, it does just not give as strong guarantees about memory safety as Rust works to give. (at least if this article is up to date [1])

[0]: https://github.com/Smithay/smithay

[1]: https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/how-safe-is-zig/

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