Original link: Go is todays's C, Rust is today's C++ / LinkedIn / Jiri Knesl.
I think he is right. Rust may be brilliant in many ways, but it is simply not productive enough for the average business application (OS kernel, device drivers, embedded systems in airplanes and nuclear recators are *not* average business applications).
Go is simple and gets the job done. Making it a relevant option for a lot more applications.
I am not so usre about the C vs C++ comparison, but it is true that C++ is a crazy complex language and one of the strengths of C is its simplicity.