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As someone who's moved on to Rust, I see this as one long list of nightmares.

I don't think the "I use Rust btw" comments contribute much to the discussion.

C and Rust don't perfectly overlap, especially since Rust is more a replacement to C++ than C.

Most people that still cling to C instead of C++, do it because they are stuck in UNIX clones kernel stuff, embedded, or are religiously against anything else.

So whatever language Rust "replaces" is a kind of moot point, and then there is the whole ongoing integration with Linux, a UNIX clone kernel.

Pointing out that a comment doesn't contribute to discussion doesn't contribute to discussion either. I'm definitely not contributing much by saying this.

I also see a fair few elements on that list as being problematic, to say the least. Can't stand Rust, though, so for those times I really need high performance I try and keep my C knowledge sharp-ish.

Fortunately GCC has a whole bucket-list of warnings that can be enabled (I like compiling with -Wall -Wextra -pedantic, myself) which can, combined with proper tooling, catch many issues.

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