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Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular? by s_y_n_t_a_x on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:57AM (#22108035)
One major reason for the recent explosion is it's first class WASM support, especially since it doesn't need a GC.

It just has language features that make sense for the web, which is a huge sector. (parallelism, memory safety, speed, JS interop)

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