Even though it'd be a while before this really affects the Chrome codebase, it's a real testament to how well Rust nails the safe-but-low-level niche. Google does not lack resources to tool (or staff!) a C++ codebase correctly, nor does it lack resources to build languages[1] targeting these specific problems; that they'd consider Rust isn't just because "it's there".<p>[1] <a href="https://github.com/google/wuffs" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/google/wuffs</a>