Не, Олег, ты не прав.
Вот например Arti. Ребята годами тащили проект ТОР'а на сишечке.
Но в какой-то момент они поняли, что Дыряшка свое название оправдывает.
И решили переписать СВОЙ же код на Раст.
И что они пишут? gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/blob/main/README.md

Rust is more secure than C.  Despite our efforts, it's all too simple to
mess up when using a language that does not enforce memory safety.  We
estimate that at least half of our tracked security vulnerabilities would
have been impossible in Rust, and many of the others would have been very
unlikely.

Rust enables faster development than C. Because of Rust's expressiveness
and strong guarantees, we've found that we can be far more efficient and
confident writing code in Rust.  We hope that in the long run this will
improve the pace of our software development.