Taking a look at CISA's 2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities.

They specifically mention "Prioritize secure-by-default configurations". So, why are we still building systems in languages like C and C++ when we could use Rust, which has built in memory safety and concurrency safety? Rust compiles in a similar way to C/C++ and as a faster run time than Java.

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-215a

@mac_attack_hacker unfortunately the honest answer is that it’s easier and cheaper to find people who know older and more popular languages. A company I work with does everything in Java because Java programmers can be some of the least expensive technical employees. People who are skilled with Rust have options for better pay/working conditions so they have good reasons to avoid companies who just want a warm body from a bootcamp.
@thefreehunter Interesting insight, thank you.