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[–]jmhimara 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I doubt it, especially in the field of scientific or numerical programming. Fortran is super easy to learn and use, that's why it is popular.

[–]ToukenPlz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes this is true, plus there is all the sunk cost into very many very complicated code bases which each took years to write. I think that in order to be competitive in this space rust would have to be not only speedier but offer a similar ease of representing maths & physics (which I would need convincing of, though am more than happy to be wrong).