> I often wonder why some languages succeed while others falter.
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Rust (backed by a foundation) won over Go (backed by Google). Oh, and remember Dart (backed by Google)?
I wouldn't say either of them have won. I'd say both are amazing tools, too. We're spoiled for choices these days.
Go and Rust don't compete, Go has a GC, they're in fundamentally different domains. Google also uses Rust, among other languages (C++, Java, Python, Go, JS, etc...).