> In reality, we've definitely written plenty of "python level" (application level) software in C, and the same is happening in Rust.
Oh, absolutely; you can certainly write higher-level code in Rust, and it makes for a far more comfortable experience than writing higher-level code in C. I didn't intend to suggest otherwise. And the ongoing futures work helps Rust address several additional areas that Go does well.
However, I don't think it makes sense to group Go and C together, syntax aside. Go cannot replace every use of C, because of its runtime and related expectations. (You can push it into some low-level environments if you make accommodations for its runtime, but you can do the same for languages like Python. You wouldn't necessarily want to do so in production, though.)
Oh, absolutely; you can certainly write higher-level code in Rust, and it makes for a far more comfortable experience than writing higher-level code in C. I didn't intend to suggest otherwise. And the ongoing futures work helps Rust address several additional areas that Go does well.
However, I don't think it makes sense to group Go and C together, syntax aside. Go cannot replace every use of C, because of its runtime and related expectations. (You can push it into some low-level environments if you make accommodations for its runtime, but you can do the same for languages like Python. You wouldn't necessarily want to do so in production, though.)