[chainwax]

Being the first language to contest C++ in places like the kernal is a pretty big deal, no? It helps that the borrow checker is a new idea around being safe without gc.

[dehrmann]

It is, but I see people using it in places where Java would be good enough.

[AlotOfReading]

Java is tremendously unfriendly to actually use. Sure, it's tolerable inside a corporate environment with established build/deployment systems, but there are few languages that make the "build a random repo off GitHub" hurdle higher than Java.

[drekipus]

But then they'd have to learn java