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Re:Two Weeks of Rust by pcwalton on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @12:32PM (#10888817)
> * what a particular industry or project of significance is using

> * job availability

That just boils down to popularity once again. I prefer to pick languages based on suitability for the problem domain. For me, Rust is suitable in a way that C++ is not, due to memory safety among many other reasons.

Re:Two Weeks of Rust by blub on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @02:00PM (#10889535)
I think we are mostly in agreement. If an industry is standardizing on a language, it's probably a good match for the kind of problems that they solve, i.e. for their problem domain.

Job availability is not just about number of jobs, but also about project quality, companies and personal preference. E.g: I don't have an interest in containers, and most Go jobs involve containers, so this is a minus for Go.

This works in the other direction too. Let's say I want to work for Mozilla, I notice they use mostly C++ & Js, so I decide to invest time brushing up my skills in those areas.